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Artist...... Same Side
Album....... Same Side
Label....... Pure Noise Records
Genre....... Indie
Releasedate 2020-05-29
Encoder.....
Bitrate..... 320kbps
Size........ 47.06 mb
Duration.... 19:24
WWW......... http://play.google.com (full url below)
.Tracklist .................................................................
01 Smoke [ 3:56]
02 Stuck In A Hole [ 3:18]
03 The Way It Seems [ 4:05]
04 Fall Back In Again [ 4:34]
05 Same Side [ 3:31]
.Releasenotes ..............................................................
https://play.google.com/store/music/album?id=Bn5x4ebya6ijaqwifbbd66wiagi
Under the guise of Same Side, The Story So Far and Elder BrotherÆs Kevin
Geyer opens his personal musical journal to the world. With his penchant for
uncovering buried feelings of melancholy and yearning, often weaving and
conjuring in isolation in a stream of consciousness style flow, GeyerÆs Same
Side alter-ego is the perfect repository for unflinchingly intimate
minimalism with depth, vibrancy, and earnestness.
While poetic themes of loss and reflection will no doubt resonate with anyone
going through a bad breakup, the five songs that comprise the self-titled
debut EP from Same Side soar with a dreamy melodic optimism. ItÆs a hat trick
similarly employed by slowcore standard bearers like Red House Painters and
Low, acknowledging its debt to the late Elliott Smith and American Football,
but forging a unique identity.
ôThese songs came together a few years ago as I was going through some
changes in my personal situation,ö Kevin explains. ôIÆd have an instrumental
idea that IÆd sit on for a while until melodies sort of just bubbled up on
their own. There were some feelings I had been holding onto subconsciously.ö
That sense of an organic and therapeutic letting go permeates the EP. Guitars
ebb and flow with gentle focus; the drums are sparse, tasteful, and
controlled. Same Side sounds like waking up from a dream.
The Story So Far are at the forefront of a strikingly engaging renaissance of
modern pop-punk, with a stunning turn, equally worthy of respect, that sees
them folding Britpop and classic rock into their mix. Ambitious in its
emotional bravery, Elder Brother saw The Story So FarÆs guitarist mining
sadcore territory with his friend Dan Rose, best known as vocalist of the
band Daybreaker. Same Side, by contrast, belongs wholly to Geyer, offering a
low-pressure opportunity to house compositions that donÆt fit the other
bands.
The Same Side EP was recorded at The Panda Studios in Fremont, California,
with longtime The Story So Far and Elder Brother producer Sam Pura, whose
resumΘ also includes State Champs and Hundredth.
Like the best of shoegaze leaning head-in-the-clouds alt-rock, Same Side is
lush, meditative, and serene, even when contemplating the fallout from bad
choices. ôFall into old ways / made the same mistakesàö Geyer sings on ôStuck
in a Hole,ö a revealing well of empathy for anyone struggling with addiction.
ôI can see myself in some of my friends struggles.ö
ôThe Way it Seems,ö ôFall Back in Again,ö and ôSame Sideö (a song title Geyer
realized lent itself well to the overall project) share some spiritual
continuity. While far from any sort of ôconceptualö trilogy, each of them
approaches a disintegrating relationship, a once on again/off again romance
that is officially over.
ôIÆve always gravitated toward the mellower stuff,ö Kevin says of his
songwriting. ôAs IÆve gotten a little bit older and my musical tastes have
expanded, this is what comes out naturally for me. I love what we do in The
Story So Far and how itÆs evolved. This is another outlet, a chance to
explore a different side of me.ö
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