Waterstrider-Way_Out-PROMO-CDEP-2019-FANG

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2019-06-25

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    :    Artist......: Waterstrider
    :    Album.......: Way Out                                            :
    :    Label.......: 30th Century Records                           .. .:.. .
         Genre.......: Indie                                              :
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    '    Source......: CDEP                                               ,
    ;    Rip.date....: 2019-06-25
         Str.date....: 2019-06-28
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         1.    Weaker One                                        3:24
         2.    Constant                                          4:11
         3.    In Circles                                        3:45
         4.    Way Out                                           4:31
         5.    Breed                                             4:02


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    ,:   At one point or another, we all yearn for a fresh start, a clean  :,
     :   slate. Yet few artists can empathize with                         :
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    ,:   that sentiment quite like the California indie rock project       :,
     :   Waterstrider, whose Way Out EP arrives                            :
     :'                                                                   ':
    ,:   on the heels of a series of dramatic setbacks and disasters.      :,
     :   Before writing the EP, front man Nate                             :
     :'                                                                   ':
    ,:   Salman saw his home of Santa Barbara ravaged by fire and flood,   :,
     :   had an infection in his heart that                                :
     :'                                                                   ':
    ,:   landed him in the ER, went through a painful breakup, and was     :,
     :   even bitten by a potentially rabid bat.                           :
     :'                                                                   ':
    ,:   ôWhen things hit hard, they hit really hard,ö said Salman. Yet    :,
     :   instead of being defeated, he took those                          :
     :'                                                                   ':
    ,:   experiences in stride, incorporating them into this dazzling and  :,
     :   complex series of songs, which                                    :
     :'                                                                   ':
    ,:   radiate hope and catharsis in equal measure.                      :,
     :                                                                     :
     :'  ôTime to reset / time to reclaim a way out,ö he sings in the     ':
    ,:   title track, an intention that extends to the                     :,
     :                                                                     :
     :'  stylings of the music itself: while WaterstriderÆs debut LP      ':
    ,:   Nowhere Now (2016) and the                                        :,
     :                                                                     :
     :'  Constellation EP (2011) were packed with exuberant polyrhythms   ':
    ,:   and angular guitar figures                                        :,
     :                                                                     :
     :'  alongside SalmanÆs soaring falsetto, Way Out invites listeners   ':
    ,:   into shadowy soundscapes, permeated                               :,
     :                                                                     :
     :'  with rushes of sleek synths and kinetic percussion, that sync    ':
    ,:   perfectly with its open-ended narratives.                         :,
     :                                                                     :
     :'  While Salman demoed these five songs by himself, he completed    ':
    ,:   them in collaboration with the                                    :,
     :                                                                     :
     :'  London-based duo St. Francis Hotel, who add a dose of space-age  ':
    ,:   gloss to the project. Largely                                     :,
     :                                                                     :
     :'  eschewing the sunny guitar riffs of WaterstriderÆs earlier       ':
    ,:   work, tracks like ôWeaker Oneö and the EPÆs                       :,
     :                                                                     :
     :'  title track celebrate the lurching bounce of trip-hop, as well   ':
    ,:   as the vast minor-key soundscapes of                              :,
     :                                                                     :
     :'  Mount Kimbie. Echoing the sparse arrangements of Joni            ':
    ,:   MitchellÆs Hejira, closing track ôBreedö                          :,
     :                                                                     :
     :'  strips down Way OutÆs atmospheric touches, with Salman           ':
    ,:   beginning the song backed only by a                               :,
     :                                                                     :
     :'  humid keyboard figure.                                           ':
    ,:                                                                     :,
     :   Throughout Way Out, Salman and his collaborators blend digital    :
     :'  and acoustic instrumentation to                                  ':
    ,:                                                                     :,
     :   thrilling effect. ôI wanted Way Out to sound like a futuristic    :
     :'  relic,ö Salman explained. Nowhere is that                        ':
    ,:                                                                     :,
     :   more evident than on central track ôIn Circles,ö in which Salman  :
     :'  layers warm, pulsing synths with                                 ':
    ,:                                                                     :,
     :   crunching drums and raspy veils of feedback into a disorienting   :
     :'  sonic stew that reflect the                                      ':
    ,:                                                                     :,
     :   multifaceted emotions threaded through the project.               :
     :'                                                                   ':
    ,:   Way Out considers a world renewed, and explores what it means to  :,
     :   be an individual when everything                                  :
     :'                                                                   ':
    ,:   familiar has disappeared from your life. Way Out is a             :,
     :   manifestation of its own intentions; more than                    :
     :'                                                                   ':
    ,:   mere reflection, it finds Nate Salman tapping into a new vein of  :,
     :   his talent, with results that are as                              :
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    ,:   thrilling as they are unexpected.                                 :,
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