"I’m still here / I still cast a shadow / 5 more days / The week is like a meadow / No one there to help you pick your battles / but I’ll be here / and I still cast a shadow..."
The vibrant storytelling, poetry of "Rushing Lattice" by Sacramento, California's Oh Lonesome Ana straddles different rock genres comfortably. I mean there are guitar maneuvers and rhythms that have the jangle pop strides of a Dinosaur Jr as well as a beautiful over-reaching 70's garden rock vibe of a Jackson Browne and while the latter might have a bigger gravitational pull (for me) the blend here is everything. There is also such an elegant thing happening here compositionally, aesthetically and the interweaving dance of bass, nimble electric guitars and fluid drumming is truly beautiful.
Speaking of the song's poetic lyrics they actually stem directly from a poem. Read the press notey stuff from the band:
The original poetry for this song was written by friend and local artist David Mohr. The lyrics are from the perspective of a cat who was adopted by David and taken out of a dangerous situation. Now thankful for a more safe environment, but also wondering what they lost. Rushing lattice is description of the pattern on many cat carriers.
Digging this song so much. "Rushing Lattice" is from Oh Lonesome Ana's full length "MEG/\DETH TEE" which I urge you to delve into via the band's Bandcamp page.
-Robb Donker Curtius
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:
https://www.facebook.com/ohlonesomeana/
https://twitter.com/OhLonesomeAna
https://ohlonesomeana.bandcamp.com/album/no-kind-of-god
https://www.instagram.com/ohlonesomeana/
“Hey,
Sorry for the delay in my response to your album preview, I’m traveling but it’s given proper road-tripping time to listen to your songs.
Your lyrics are always just so moving: "real" or "raw" or "cutting" come to my mind when I think of how to describe them. I don't know if they're autobiographical and always from a place of life reflection (that's how my stuff comes out) or if you write creative, fictional narratives, but your songs are gut-wrenching. I said this before, but "I've Got Your Blood" and "Megadeth Tee" in particular are easily on repeat for me, both intentionally and in my head when I'm not even listening. I love dissecting the words and piecing the movie together in my mind. "I'm Glad You Got Out (But I Miss You)," and "To Feel So Small (Hello Me, It's Me Again)" are other standouts for me. I like our mutual appreciation for parenthetical song titles, btw.
Needless to say, the entire recording is beautiful, energizing, and easy to keep on loop. You have this way of making heavy and dark songs still catchy and fun—and that's something I think is really difficult to do well. The production, your own song swells, and the background vox are pro, as expected, but—again—it's your song lyrics that kill me every time.
I love it. Thank you for thinking to share it with me.”
-Linda Sao
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