"down through the clouds we fall again..."
Blushing Brydes is the dream pop / art rock-esque project of UK Martin and David Bryde and one step in and you will definitely feel like you're not in Kansas anymore. Ruby red slippers on or not there is an immediate sense on track 1: "Death Flight to the Stars" that your life has suddenly entered the realm of high drama and surreal parallel lines of existence. While this is not an album review, I can tell you that the textures and tones feel exquisitely grand. There is the rarefied 80's shine of new wave and the fantastic, echoed toms, purposeful synthetic strings, dips into glitter ball proms (maybe on another planet), the stuff of future wave and of The Neverending Story (or things like that).
The stunning vocals eclipse art rock ascensions and tracks like "Don't Walk Away" and "Lost Without" is enough to make your heart soar and make you believe in the biggest hopeful dreams in your head like you are 18 again. Before cynicism weathered you with wrinkles and before you fully realized that Lee Harvey Oswald did not act alone but I digress. I am here to talk about one song in particular that grabbed me by the shirt collar and shook me about.
"In Knots" is a trip worth having. From the very onset there is a yesterday meets tomorrow sound. It is as if you are watching something purely cinematic but the film is scratched so much that shards of light fall on you like the blinding sun through tree branches. The ying and yang approach, life / death, wedding / funeral, descent and grand ascension, feels almost overwhelming. The synthetic orchestration and totally killer vox from an emotional and artful stand point is lusciously over the top and goddamn beautiful.
-Robb Donker Curtius
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:
https://twitter.com/BlushingBrydes
https://soundcloud.com/blushingbrydes
https://open.spotify.com/track/2UuKEB7Z0YemZaARicpqTG
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1IWgfwAFcU
Blushing Brydes, aka Martin and David Bryde, are inspired by a shared love of dreampop pioneers Beach House and the songwriting of Joanna Newsom, Low and John Grant. Using these influences as a foundation, the duo have crafted a shimmering, blissful debut album of tracks that reveal new depth and texture with each play.
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:
https://twitter.com/BlushingBrydes
https://soundcloud.com/blushingbrydes
https://open.spotify.com/track/2UuKEB7Z0YemZaARicpqTG
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1IWgfwAFcU
Blushing Brydes, aka Martin and David Bryde, are inspired by a shared love of dreampop pioneers Beach House and the songwriting of Joanna Newsom, Low and John Grant. Using these influences as a foundation, the duo have crafted a shimmering, blissful debut album of tracks that reveal new depth and texture with each play.
Blushing Brydes, Indie Rock, Alternative Rock, UK, singer songwriter, musician, composers, Martin and David Bryde, debut album, "The Breaking In Our Hearts", single, "In Knots", shimmering sounds,
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