"drive West along the highway / stop if you've caught up with the sun..."
Singer / lyricist Olive Twombly (they/she) pushes the melodies in surprising places, there is an outstretched arm performance going on, a self awareness and a delicate walk on the spaces between the words and playing them for ultimate artistic / cathartic effect. I love her take on this. I love her voice. When she sings "where's my bloody nose, where's my daily voice of violence?" you feel a ying / yang balance and maybe a repulsion / attraction in her vocal countenance. The song feels pulpy and garish while rocking absolutely hard. Love the musicianship at every turn and this one particular repeating bass run makes me smile every time.
Like all great art that indulges in holding up mirrors people might not see what is meant to be seen. About "The Devil Provides" Olive shares:
"Often when I write songs, it’s about bringing some hurt part of me to the surface so that I can interact with it. When we grapple with an unseen opponent, we are at an automatic disadvantage. These songs are my way of coaxing my demons out into the open, saying 'Maybe today instead of wrestling in the darkness you could sit for me in the light so I could paint your portrait. Would you like that?'
Almost invariably through being seen without judgement and being viewed in a way which seeks to honor rather than destroy, the fractured, fearful, and aggressive parts of me begin to relax and even gain a sense of humor.
In ‘The Devil Provides’, I sat with the part of myself that romanticized a good Bonnie and Clyde, Sid and Nancy, ‘True Romance’-style star crossed outlaw narrative. Embarking on this journey will always earn the underworld’s blessing, but will ultimately end with our daring antiheroes dead or imprisoned.
I think most people are a little smarter than I am and instantly recognize that the thrilling charm is not worth the tragic finale. Truly there is no happily ever after to this story, and it turns out to be a stupendous waste of courage every time.”
As Press Notes indicate: Olive "writes in a style which is both brutally honest and unsettlingly oblique as a way of processing experiences of trauma, abuse, addiction and homelessness as well as experiences of recovery, redemption, healing, and reparation."
Often times, art is after all scars made of paint or clay or potent words set to music. I am thoroughly digging my first introduction to Lake Over Fire. Loving the urgent complexities, the free form proggy blend of heavy rock, grunge, classic rock and sludge metal.
-Robb Donker Curtius
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:
https://www.instagram.com/lakeoverfire/
https://open.spotify.com/track/5w9ldq3ZuTggXm2FtaWf4G
https://lakeoverfire.bandcamp.com/
Lake Over Fire is a punk-adjacent indie band from Portland Maine that serves both a smooth sound and a gnarly bite. Described by Courtney Naliboff of Bait Bag as “sneaky doomsday disco”, the group gets their name from hexagram 49 of the I Ching which is a symbol of change and alchemy. In this spirit they channel the energy of a trickster god, traversing a range that seeks to keep the listener from getting too comfortable. Singer and lyricist Olive Twombly (they/she) writes in a style which is both brutally honest and unsettlingly oblique as a way of processing experiences of trauma, abuse, addiction and homelessness as well as experiences of recovery, redemption, healing, and reparation.
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Lake Over Fire, Portland, Maine, alt rock, garage rock, psych rock, sludge metal, divergent rock, "The Devil Provides" , Official Video, singer Olive Twombly, change and alchemy,
Almost invariably through being seen without judgement and being viewed in a way which seeks to honor rather than destroy, the fractured, fearful, and aggressive parts of me begin to relax and even gain a sense of humor.
In ‘The Devil Provides’, I sat with the part of myself that romanticized a good Bonnie and Clyde, Sid and Nancy, ‘True Romance’-style star crossed outlaw narrative. Embarking on this journey will always earn the underworld’s blessing, but will ultimately end with our daring antiheroes dead or imprisoned.
I think most people are a little smarter than I am and instantly recognize that the thrilling charm is not worth the tragic finale. Truly there is no happily ever after to this story, and it turns out to be a stupendous waste of courage every time.”
As Press Notes indicate: Olive "writes in a style which is both brutally honest and unsettlingly oblique as a way of processing experiences of trauma, abuse, addiction and homelessness as well as experiences of recovery, redemption, healing, and reparation."
Often times, art is after all scars made of paint or clay or potent words set to music. I am thoroughly digging my first introduction to Lake Over Fire. Loving the urgent complexities, the free form proggy blend of heavy rock, grunge, classic rock and sludge metal.
-Robb Donker Curtius
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:
https://www.instagram.com/lakeoverfire/
https://open.spotify.com/track/5w9ldq3ZuTggXm2FtaWf4G
https://lakeoverfire.bandcamp.com/
Lake Over Fire is a punk-adjacent indie band from Portland Maine that serves both a smooth sound and a gnarly bite. Described by Courtney Naliboff of Bait Bag as “sneaky doomsday disco”, the group gets their name from hexagram 49 of the I Ching which is a symbol of change and alchemy. In this spirit they channel the energy of a trickster god, traversing a range that seeks to keep the listener from getting too comfortable. Singer and lyricist Olive Twombly (they/she) writes in a style which is both brutally honest and unsettlingly oblique as a way of processing experiences of trauma, abuse, addiction and homelessness as well as experiences of recovery, redemption, healing, and reparation.
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We get by with a little help from our friends
Lake Over Fire, Portland, Maine, alt rock, garage rock, psych rock, sludge metal, divergent rock, "The Devil Provides" , Official Video, singer Olive Twombly, change and alchemy,
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