Friday, April 17, 2020

War Strings' bed ridden journey leads to "Tragedy (Lovesong)"

American Robb 2:51:00 PM alternative rock, Andrew Stogel, debut record, head injury survivor, multi-instrumentalist, musician, singer songwriter, Tragedy (Lovesong), War Strings

"I really like you"

Tragedy (Lovesong) by L.A. indie artist War Strings, listen to it's incredible alternative rock energy and you would not imagine that Andrew Stogel (aka War Strings) had (not to long ago) been bedridden for almost eight months due to a major head injury.

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For the past two years, Andrew Stogel (aka War Strings) has been through the ringer. A major head injury caused the multi-instrumentalist to be bedridden for nearly eight months; this isolation and immobility conspired to make him feel like he was on his deathbed. Through the perceptual distortion he experienced from the injury came a new musical perspective. While still stuck in bed, Stogel began the process of recording with engineers since he couldn’t look at screens and didn’t even have the strength to lift a guitar. Until then, this music existed solely in the depths of his mind. Over the course of 3 months (and mostly from his bed), Stogel made what would become War Strings’ debut record, to be released in 2020. - press notes

Tragedy (Lovesong) with it's layers of guitars, 90's college rock tinged bass and drums and Stogel's versatile vocal aesthetic, dirty, out of breath pained that can slide into edgy falsettos "I really like youuuu" is both infectious and divergent. The song is stylistically deceptive, it does have an almost indie rock (pop punk) bounce and art rock affectations ( stacked leads) but it also prog wise and sound wise does hearken back to that Seattle grunge sound too.

-Robb Donker Curtius

THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:

"Tragedy (Lovesong)" is the new single from LA indie artist War Strings.

For the past two years, Andrew Stogel (aka War Strings) has been through the ringer. A major head injury caused the multi-instrumentalist to be bedridden for nearly eight months; this isolation and immobility conspired to make him feel like he was on his deathbed. Through the perceptual distortion he experienced from the injury came a new musical perspective. While still stuck in bed, Stogel began the process of recording with engineers since he couldn’t look at screens and didn’t even have the strength to lift a guitar. Until then, this music existed solely in the depths of his mind. Over the course of 3 months (and mostly from his bed), Stogel made what would become War Strings’ debut record, to be released in 2020.