AP Track Review
Interlay based out of Madison, Wisconsin are an alternative rock band burning from the smoldering ashes of their former moniker Wash. I don't know what warranted the name change and I have never felt a bands name is as important as their mutual mission and creative aesthetic (anyway). Interlay is Indigo Smith-Oles (guitar), Alex Kaiser (drums), Alexandria Ortgiesen (vox / guitar) and (the newest member) Nathan Hahn (bass). When I first listened to All Animal I felt invested, the guitar sound felt very broken and gothic. When the full band kicked in the tones felt a bit lo fi but raw and dangerous. The big grungey downbeats and the shuffle of the drums have a big surf punk feel to me as well. Ortgiesen's vocals are interesting. She sings with head down eyes up passion, emotions coming from deep places and her wails can surprisingly slide up into intense falsettos. I love the ferocity of the bass and drums and the lead snakes around making the song feel like a spaghetti punk western.
Interlay seem to describe themselves in a shoegaze way but there are a lot of complex tones working here that touch on grunge / goth punk, gothic rock and, of course, post punk. Whatever they call themselves I will be checking them out. They are set to drop an EP with their full new configuration in the spring of 2020.
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Robb Donker
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:
Madison, Wisconsin-based outfit Interlay — previously known to the locals as Wash — formed after members Indigo Smith-Oles (guitar), Alex Kaiser (drums), and Alexandria Ortgiesen (vocals and guitar) met at a house show in early 2018.
The shoegaze outfit sites Slint, Weed, and Sonic Youth as being primary influences, guiding how the group treats elements of grunge, noise, and goth rock to form their unique dissonant, angular sound.
Interlay is set to release an EP with new bassist, Nathan Hahn, early Spring 2020.
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