Ahh, it is nice, even sort of cosmically comforting when someone or many someones are able to translate what you, yourself is feeling. When that happens it can feel sort of magical. That kind of collective comfort comes through when you take an emotional and cerebral dip into "Swim" by Los Angeles based alt rock stalwarts Giant Waste of Man. Infused with a divergent cracked glasses sensibility with beautifully rolling guitar lines that somehow make me think of 90's college rock radio (high praise) and acerbic, thoughtful, maybe dada-istic lyrics sung with brooding hushed passion that made me think of, around the periphery, of a collision of Miracle Legion and Modest Mouse, this is a song that moves you.
The song starts with beautiful piano notes and Cam Dmytryk's melancholy curious lyrics as bass notes and drones of sounds slowly ramp up, "No one will go swimming with me / I wanna write a song with the guy / The guy that breaks into my home / We’ll wear those masks I wore Halloween / I hope he can mix". As the eruption's start happening, stunning big drum sounds, waves of heaviness from all sides, the song pulls off wonderful emotional deep dives. The band shares that "Swim" is essentially, "a collection of lonely epiphanies, the kind that weave in and out of everyday thoughts" and the ending refrain "and I guess that's anxiety" that punctuates the close held emotional mayhem is both chilling and (again) comforting at the same time.
"Swim" is for those of us who stare up at the bedroom ceiling too much because the nature of life and the crazy fucked up world we view on our phones keeps us up at night. The ponderous feeling that we cannot save the world, that we cannot even save the bi-polar guy spiraling out of control who lives seven houses down and you feel sorry for. It is for those of us who grow older and might have too many regrets and worry that it all doesn't matter and can't figure out what it all means.
I really dig this track. It is one I have and will come back to often. Giant Waste of Man (GWOM) features two vocalists and multi-instrumentalists, Ben Heywood and, the aforementioned, Cam Dmytryk and "Swim" is their first hard release since their well received 2019 debut album "The Politics of Lonely". The band is comprised of (former and current) members of acts such as Black Heart Procession, Sun Drug, Summer Darling, Kissing Cousins, Facial, and QunQ.
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Indie Rock, Emo, Alternative Rock, Giant Waste of Man, Chain Letter Collective, "Swim", Los Angeles, alt rock tones, guitar rock, 90's college radio, emotional waves,
"Swim" is for those of us who stare up at the bedroom ceiling too much because the nature of life and the crazy fucked up world we view on our phones keeps us up at night. The ponderous feeling that we cannot save the world, that we cannot even save the bi-polar guy spiraling out of control who lives seven houses down and you feel sorry for. It is for those of us who grow older and might have too many regrets and worry that it all doesn't matter and can't figure out what it all means.
I really dig this track. It is one I have and will come back to often. Giant Waste of Man (GWOM) features two vocalists and multi-instrumentalists, Ben Heywood and, the aforementioned, Cam Dmytryk and "Swim" is their first hard release since their well received 2019 debut album "The Politics of Lonely". The band is comprised of (former and current) members of acts such as Black Heart Procession, Sun Drug, Summer Darling, Kissing Cousins, Facial, and QunQ.
-Robb Donker Curtius
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:
https://giantwasteofman.bandcamp.com/music
https://twitter.com/giantwasteofman
https://www.instagram.com/giantwasteofman/
https://soundcloud.com/giantwasteofman
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0so7V9DStA5VCWSYVKcm5q
For fans of Modest Mouse, Broken Social Scene, and the sound of the Pacific Northwest in the ‘90s, the Los Angeles-based GWOM is made up of rock veterans. Collectively comprised of (former and current) members of acts such as Black Heart Procession, Sun Drug, Summer Darling, Kissing Cousins, Facial, and QunQ, the GWOM bandmates have spent time touring the U.S. & Europe and have opened for acts such as Billy Corgan, Pedro the Lion, Young the Giant, Dead Sara & Explosions in the Sky.
“Swim” is the first release from GWOM since their 2019 debut album The Politics of Lonely. The LP earned the band press looks from entities like LA RECORD, Buzzbands.LA and The 405… garnering praise from The 405 for leading the “grunge revival train with a vengeful clarity.” Lyrically, “Swim” is a collection of lonely epiphanies, the kind that weave in and out of everyday thoughts.
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:
https://giantwasteofman.bandcamp.com/music
https://twitter.com/giantwasteofman
https://www.instagram.com/giantwasteofman/
https://soundcloud.com/giantwasteofman
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0so7V9DStA5VCWSYVKcm5q
For fans of Modest Mouse, Broken Social Scene, and the sound of the Pacific Northwest in the ‘90s, the Los Angeles-based GWOM is made up of rock veterans. Collectively comprised of (former and current) members of acts such as Black Heart Procession, Sun Drug, Summer Darling, Kissing Cousins, Facial, and QunQ, the GWOM bandmates have spent time touring the U.S. & Europe and have opened for acts such as Billy Corgan, Pedro the Lion, Young the Giant, Dead Sara & Explosions in the Sky.
“Swim” is the first release from GWOM since their 2019 debut album The Politics of Lonely. The LP earned the band press looks from entities like LA RECORD, Buzzbands.LA and The 405… garnering praise from The 405 for leading the “grunge revival train with a vengeful clarity.” Lyrically, “Swim” is a collection of lonely epiphanies, the kind that weave in and out of everyday thoughts.
Indie Rock, Emo, Alternative Rock, Giant Waste of Man, Chain Letter Collective, "Swim", Los Angeles, alt rock tones, guitar rock, 90's college radio, emotional waves,
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