"In the novel I was a farmer / You were a wanderer and a sage..."
The full throttle bass / guitar / drum attack on "The Constant" by Brooklyn's alt rock three piece outfit, The Planes, has for me, a potent nostalgic blend of sounds. On one hand, it possesses the sort of dense mod punk proggy musical sway of late 70's / early 80's divergent British bands like The Jam or The Buzzcocks combined with a smoother folk indie meets power pop vocal sound (same time frame) of American bands like Big Star or The Lemonheads. The pushed movement and tightly wound musicality is incredibly evocative as is the raw, progressive guitar lines, furious drums and powerful winding bass lines. The counter positioned youthful vox, tenderly drawn and wistfully wailed work so well against the music because of their different sonic shapes and tones.
Of the song, the bands shares:
"The Constant" is about a dystopian future (or present, depending on how you see the world), where the only constant is decay. You can write the book, shoot it as a movie, change the characters around, but we always end up on the same downward trajectory.
"The Constant" is from The Planes recently released full length, "Eternity on Its Edge".
-Robb Donker Curtius
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In a big, dirty city full of trend-chasers and bandwagon-riders, The Planes stand up for the things that are, refreshingly, always cool and relevant and fun. Three-minute pop songs. Analog recording equipment. The unmistakable sound, and the visceral pleasures, of banging on a Fender guitar hooked up to a tube amp.
The Planes, Indie Rock, Alternative Rock, Brooklyn, three piece, analog recordings, new 2021 album, "Eternity on Its Edge", "The Constant",
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