Langkamer and the earnest folk country rumination of "Soul Bucket" (Official Video)

 

"she was just a grain of sand when I held her in my hand..."

Listen to the country garden rock sway of "Soul Bucket" and, if you didn't know better, you might think that Langkamer are 4 dudes from Austin, Texas instead of 4 blokes from Bristol, UK. I dig this track and while I have a true disdain for current pop country music, the purity of old school country, country western, and it's tones distilled into 70's garden rock tones, 90's jangle and indie pop and all other hybrids I have always loved. While Langkamer's other tones might more resemble iterations of garage rock, or psych rock or lounge punk, "Soul Bucket", feels like a sunburned porch country rock celebration born out of Church country rock or running away from such things. The beautiful chord shapes, familiar in a good way and the lovely cadence like busker punk makes me think of Bakersfield, California American 90's rock band Cracker. 

A follow up to "Teeth" which I have included below, "Soul Bucket" is informed by Langkamer's folk roots and stands as "a sincere rumination on the inescapable realities of growing older". Press notes indicate that it was written and recorded alongside "Teeth" with producer Tim Rowing-Parker and "it showcases the band’s commitment to genreless songwriting, imbuing their trademark blend of country, rock and indie with an emotional depth befitting the track’s themes."

The song is drenched in the earnest, rustic wealth of the sameness of life, of languishing to the opiates of the masses whatever it may be is ultimately a very moving sing-a-long.

The band shares that: 

"Soul Bucket is an ode to ageing. To realizing that the time is rolling away from you and you can’t catch up no matter how fast you run. We’re distracted by our petty problems and when we look back we realize it’s been months, years."

-Robb Donker Curtius



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THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:

https://www.facebook.com/langkamerband/

https://twitter.com/LangkamerBand

https://open.spotify.com/artist/01liH6TfxmDMkDHrUKDzFp

https://langkamer.bandcamp.com/

https://www.instagram.com/langkamerband/

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