Indie-folk outfit the Good Graces has released lead single “His Name Was The Color That I Loved” off upcoming album Prose And Consciousness, due for release via Potluck on October 11.
The Good Graces is an artistic collective featuring singer, songwriter and guitarist Kim Ware. “His Name Was The Color That I Loved” emerged from an online writing challenge and pays respect to Ware’s traditions with her father.
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South Carolina’s The High Divers have announced the release of their new Sadler Vaden-produced EP, Ride With You (out June 7th)— an emotion-clad and wholly triumphant project — this four-piece are poised to break out on a national scale.
On June 21, Drivin N Cryin will release Live The Love Beautiful, a new album produced by Nashville artist Aaron Lee Tasjan. The album is the first full-length release from the beloved rock band since 2009’s Whatever Happened To The Great American Bubble Factory.
MammaBear gear up to their record SAY with new track “Like A Monster”, gradually reeling you in, sinking deeper into your consciousness in the form of a desperate and despairing vocal and instrumental combination, a notion that feels both invasive and thrilling.
Chugging, moody guitars and a loose, almost drunken vocal refrain; “Like A Monster” draws you in precisely because not much really happens. Vocalist and songwriter, Kyle Gordon, and his co-producer, David Prasse, wisely decided to stick with Gordon’s initial vocal take, revelling in its scene-setting simplicity and veering away from any smudging or added complexity.
The decision to go with such simplicity is an approach and ethos that speaks right to the core of “Like A Monster”. There’s the grinding dirge of industrial music, the indie haze of The Walkmen, and the circular structure of Pixies, but it’s presented as an unrushed and uncomplicated five minutes of sound.
It’s a combination that works hauntingly well, and is testament to the writing and production capabilities of MammaBear, plus David Prasse, in making something largely uneventful sound so impactful. Less certainly isn’t always more, but on “Like A Monster”, MammaBear highlight the potential power of keeping things simple.
On writing “Like A Monster”, Gordon says: “It was originally written around the time that a good friend of mine went to prison. The song was about him and people’s perspectives on his situation. Over time, the lyrics evolved more into a view of my own childhood, coming from a divorced family and subsequent feelings of neglect, loss, and lack of self-confidence.”
“Like A Monster” and Say are released 26 April via Slush Fund. Find MammaBear on Facebook.
With an intro that’s ominous with its shuffly beat, “Vampires” is a song about those times in the past when things didn’t seem quite right. Brad Byrd has a powerful joyous singing voice in the high registers, and this song captures just exactly the spirit of the poor judgement of youth. Phases is a tonal thriller from the lyrics to its textured synthesizer and all throughout its winding rhythms.