"some say life's nothing but sucking your thumb and a tongue full of teeth in between..."
When I heard "Someone Else's Dream" by Particle Kid for the first time I instantly thought of an amalgam of The Smashing Pumpkins, Neil Young, The Flaming Lips and Sparklehorse. The project of divergent singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist Micah Nelson, and here featuring J Mascis, Paul Bushnell and Sunny War, floats a self assured sound that fuels dreams and past memories, some whole and some partial, some brilliant and happy and some incredibly sad. There is a surreal sense in the ambiance, scratchy thoughts in the bending guitars, a sense of home in the harmonica melodies that seems to shape shifts into beautifully distorted guitar leads. Micah has such an embracing vocal aesthetic, warm, friendly like a loving big brother that is bolstered by Sunny War's sadly pretty harmonies. An accomplished drummer (among a lot of things) Micah pounces and explodes in a big way as well as contributing guitar. J Mascis adds guitar and I would bet money that lead is him as well. Paul Bushnell on bass and vox and the aforementioned Sunny War on those backing harmonies.
Via Nothern Transmissions- Micah shared:
“I remember writing this song in about five minutes sitting on a couch one day – one of those rare songs that just happens, and sort of writes itself. It started out with a more swingy, folky, acoustic guitar feel, as a little voice memo and then, as a studio recording, it evolved into more of a fuzzed out shoe-gazy thing, or kinda somewhere in between. Paul Bushnell and I did all the basic tracking together at Hen House and then later Sunny War sang beautifully on it."
AND:
“I met J Mascis from Dinosaur Jr. in Amsterdam when I played there at the Ziggodome with Neil Young + Promise of the Real. We have been occasional pen pals ever since and he was nice enough to play some electric guitar on the track, which was very cool because Dinosaur Jr. is one of my all-time favorite bands, and has influenced many of my sounds, especially on Time Capsule.”
“I met J Mascis from Dinosaur Jr. in Amsterdam when I played there at the Ziggodome with Neil Young + Promise of the Real. We have been occasional pen pals ever since and he was nice enough to play some electric guitar on the track, which was very cool because Dinosaur Jr. is one of my all-time favorite bands, and has influenced many of my sounds, especially on Time Capsule.”
"Someone Else's Dream" is from Particle Kid's upcoming third full length (double album) "Time Capsule" due to drop April 22 (2022).
-Robb Donker Curtius
-Robb Donker Curtius
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Particle Kid, aka Micah Nelson’s experimental, psychedelic, future-folk project, returns today with “Someone Else’s Dream,” feat. J Mascis, Sunny War + Paul Bushnell, to announce their third full-length, double-album, TIME CAPSULE, for an April 22 release.
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