"In Color" by the sort of psyche-tropical punk, indie pop, genre smooshing New York based Madam West moves in such cool divergent ways. The song densely imagined is a mystery movie that you cannot out guess. Vocalist Sophie Chernin says: "This song was based on a dream I had a while back. Dreams have become increasingly more frequent and necessary for me as an escape in a pandemic. It's yearning to visit some different reality, because your body is stuck in one place" and her vocal aesthetic, wide eyed introspection with art punk and jazz tinged affections is as captivating as the musical bed it lies in.
There is a progressive sense here. Absolutely punchy drums and snake like funk rock bass lines, guitar flavors that run the gamut. As tightly wound as this is there are free flights of fancy that sound improvisational. Some of the musical breaks, funk, jazz, rock fused together with sounds that made me think of cosmic drug tripping cats purring explodes in your head. The indie pop fusion divergence is smile inducing and all the while there is a cross generational genre agnostic smashing together of art like an amalgam of Fripp, Saint Vincent and Pere Ubu.
-Robb Donker Curtius
Madam West doesn't usually go too long without playing a show in NYC. Now in winter quarantine, they are releasing a single that has been a highlight of their live sets, "In Color."
The song showcases Madam West as a cohesive live unit that manages to sneak in a ton of genre hybrids, from prog to soul to disco. Heady counterpoint gives way to aggressive rhythmic vamps before a post-punk guitar line resets the song in a whole other register.
"This song was based on a dream I had a while back. Dreams have become increasingly more frequent and necessary for me as an escape in a pandemic. It's yearning to visit some different reality, because your body is stuck in one place," singer Sophie Chernin says.
A Madam West song is the result of a collaborative process that adapts to the band's onstage sound. Music is a hobby as thankless as it is expensive, but occasionally 5 people are able to channel an oceanic mass of neurotic energy into 5 entertaining minutes. Madam West hopes you see them (and everyone else) live soon.
"This is a band with abundant creativity and imagination to burn but, best of all, the bravery to take on new sounds and shapes to their songwriting in service of furthering their work." - No Depression
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Madam West doesn't usually go too long without playing a show in NYC. Now in winter quarantine, they are releasing a single that has been a highlight of their live sets, "In Color."
The song showcases Madam West as a cohesive live unit that manages to sneak in a ton of genre hybrids, from prog to soul to disco. Heady counterpoint gives way to aggressive rhythmic vamps before a post-punk guitar line resets the song in a whole other register.
"This song was based on a dream I had a while back. Dreams have become increasingly more frequent and necessary for me as an escape in a pandemic. It's yearning to visit some different reality, because your body is stuck in one place," singer Sophie Chernin says.
A Madam West song is the result of a collaborative process that adapts to the band's onstage sound. Music is a hobby as thankless as it is expensive, but occasionally 5 people are able to channel an oceanic mass of neurotic energy into 5 entertaining minutes. Madam West hopes you see them (and everyone else) live soon.
"This is a band with abundant creativity and imagination to burn but, best of all, the bravery to take on new sounds and shapes to their songwriting in service of furthering their work." - No Depression
NOTICE: If you enjoyed this article, please consider donating to AP as we are in need of support to keep our coverage of Indie Artists like this one alive: click here > https://gf.me/u/yp5ich
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