ニューヨーク/ブルックリン拠点のエクスペリメンタルポップバンド salamanderが、8/11にsalamander.incからリリースしたニューシングル 'xylem'を公開！
制作は Linnea Nugent。
salamanderは Leo Frampton, PJ Hunter, Ben Verdeの3人組。2019年に先の2人で結成し、2021に現在の編成で活動を開始。
'xylem'は10/8発売のデビューアルバム『[container]』収録曲。
エンジニアは Carlos Hernandez (Ava Luna), Cody Zusman (Moxie Pocket, You Bite With That)が務め、ゲストボーカルに Lyris Faren (T-rextasy, Talulah Paisley), Arden Yonkers (Wild Pink, Matthew Danger Lippman, Milkweed)が参加してます。
“For a while as a kid, I could not stop thinking about the end of life, and how some day, my consciousness would cease. My parents and grandparents tried their best to console me and turn around my 10 year old angst as I became increasingly obsessed with the same dark, fruitless subject matter. This song sprouted from the way I have made peace with this fear, trying to see my own life and generation as part of a cycle bigger and smaller than myself. I wrote the lyrics during springtime, which is the essence of the chords as well. I like the idea that people can interpret 'place' differently, zoomed in or out as far as they like. The place they love, the place they want to be instead of the place they love, the actual place they will eventually end up. On an acoustic guitar alone, the vibe of this song may have been mostly subdued, but through the band, it underwent an amazing transformation. I think the combination of PJ’s astral ableton beat, his angular bassline, and Ben’s spacious drums give it a gigantic, sublime quality that brings it to a whole other plane of power and effect.” - Leo Frampton
