Basement Revolver and the simmering eruptive beauty of "Skin" (Official Video)

 

"I want to feel at home / In my skin, in my skin..."

On the simmering reflective post punk mystique of "Skin", Basement Revolver's vocalist / guitarist Chrisy Hurn-Morrison pushes a vocal aesthetic that is drenched in the catharsis of self acceptance. Her voice is absolutely beautiful in it's melancholia as reverbed guitars, bending under the wait of sonic cries, bass lines stumble then thump like a quickened heartbeat, sparse piano notes feel exquisitely somber, and the drums stoically anchor it all. It is all goddamn beautiful in it's self reflection that it entices goose bumps on my skin. Certain passages cry out and touch me:

Make me feel small
Don't want to know at all

The shape of my body  

or

Shame's caress it burns
My stomach knots and turns
Please don't ask me why

and as self love burgeons:

Feel you standing there
Try to grin and bear,
Touch me with your stare

Make me feel all loose
Forget I had to choose
To love myself today

I want to feel at home
In my skin, in my skin
I want to feel at home
In my skin, in my skin

A great song that a lot of us can relate to. Some of us spend an entire life time even starting to love ourselves and some of us never do. "Skin" is full of pain and ultimately hope. It is difficult for any artist to express themselves totally in their art and even more so, to cut your guts open for all to see. Look out for their sophomore LP, "Embody".

-Robb Donker Curtius

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Basement Revolver has always centered around the friendship of bassist/keyboardist Nim Agalawatte and guitarist/vocalist Chrisy Hurn. Lead guitarist Jonathan Malström and drummer Levi Kertesz round out the band’s larger-than-life sound.

The band’s catalogue spans back to their breakout single, 2016’s “Johnny.” That single, and their self-titled EP from the same year, led to their signing with Fear of Missing Out in the UK, and later, Canada’s Sonic Unyon Records.

Heavy Eyes, their debut LP, built on their aesthetic which merges hardcore-inspired indie and ambient dream pop. In support of that they toured throughout the US, Canada, the UK, and Germany. With tour plans on hold through 2020, Basement Revolver found time to wrestle with questions about identity, faith, mental illness, and sexuality.

Their sophomore LP, Embody, is explicit about these new ideas and new thoughts, addressing them with a deeper sound and crisper production to adroitly express the complexity of the world. It is an album of friendship, of working out identity together, and making deeply personal art

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