Whippoorwill's evocative indie folk track, California, burns hot and cold just like the state itself and is provocatively engaging. The song stars with Alysia Kraft's pain drenched vox "drug paraphernalia, my back against the bathroom door... I knew you'd come back looking for a fight...got no fight in me anymore" and the Fort Collins, Colorado trio (the lovely balance being Staci Foster on guitar, banjo, harmonica and vocals and Tobias Bank on drums and vocals) embraces her slightly country drawled melodies with dynamically rich sounds. The song seems to end so fast and for me holds a special emotional sway as I am running back to that crazy state for love very soon.
Kraft offers:
“As anthemic and self-affirming as this song feels now, I wrote it years before I’d finally be able to break free from the circumstances that inspired it,” said Kraft. “Sometimes desperation offers a moment of awareness – you can see the whole dark, spinning cycle and a single crack you might escape through. It was a rare alchemy of self-compassion, bravery, and desperation that manifested my courage to break out—and I hope this song inspires that feeling inside others who badly need a brave step in the other direction.”
California is from Whipoorwill's upcoming full length debut "Nature of Storms" on November 15th, 2019.
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Robb Donker
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