"Woke up in a dream about your place / Finding silver scars across my face / There’s things I’d do again but I’m so sideways / There’s places that I’ve been but I’m still wide awake..."
Stepping into the "Silver Scar" sounds and Official Video from Nashville's Passion Fruit Boys and it is, admittedly for me, so easy to fall in love with it all. Best buds on vintage motorcycles embracing the goofball and cosmic love of friendship riding on a soundtrack of what is essentially a broken love song is easy to love. The urgent wanderlustful cadence pushed by vibrant drumming, sprite guitars, a lovely vocal aesthetic that sort of screams late 70's radio pop and a bass line that pushes hard against you is wonderfully embracing.
Passion Fruit Boys are best buds Duncan Shea and Conor Belcher and their self title album drops October 7th via Telefono Records. Check out the back story of this track via press notey stuff:
"Silver Scar was written 11 years ago, during a bout of deep depression. I had recently been fired from a job I liked, had watched most of my friends leave town for bigger things and was working an overnight shift at a corner store in college town. Walking home just before dawn I saw my girlfriend’s car outside another guy's house and pretty much had the song finished by the time I got home. It’s about as straightforward as it gets, a kaleidoscopic mess of all the thoughts, images and memories that first come to mind when you realize a lover has let you down. Nothing fancy but it’s honest, and I think that’s why we’re still playing it.
Despite its simplicity it turned out to be kind of tough to pin down in a recording. Over the years it’s been recorded four times that I can think of and each time it always felt stale or off in some way. Sometimes the simplest ideas are the toughest to capture. For some reason, while recording the PFB record and having almost forgotten about the song, Duncan and I tracked everything in what felt like no time at all and it was immediately clear that we’d gotten it right. I think it was Duncan adding a more insistent, driving bass line that made the difference for me, kept it moving."
Despite its simplicity it turned out to be kind of tough to pin down in a recording. Over the years it’s been recorded four times that I can think of and each time it always felt stale or off in some way. Sometimes the simplest ideas are the toughest to capture. For some reason, while recording the PFB record and having almost forgotten about the song, Duncan and I tracked everything in what felt like no time at all and it was immediately clear that we’d gotten it right. I think it was Duncan adding a more insistent, driving bass line that made the difference for me, kept it moving."
Here's to endearing friendships and having those people you will love forever through hard times.
-Robb Donker Curtius
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:
https://passionfruitboys.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/passion_fruit_boys/
Passion Fruit Boys are a two person motorcycle club who believe in the ambitious spirit of pop music. Best of friends! Peas in a pod! Hot rods and campfires, a raft made of wood! Come now, and bear witness to the supple intersection of life and loneliness, as represented by an assortment of hand crafted vibrations sure to conjure up unbridled feelings of nostalgia for many tender moments to come.
We get by with a little help from our friends
Passion Fruit Boys, indie rock, alt pop, gardenrock, dream pop, 70's pop, wistful, endearing, Nashville duo, Duncan Shea and Conor Belcher, guitar driven,
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:
https://passionfruitboys.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/passion_fruit_boys/
Passion Fruit Boys are a two person motorcycle club who believe in the ambitious spirit of pop music. Best of friends! Peas in a pod! Hot rods and campfires, a raft made of wood! Come now, and bear witness to the supple intersection of life and loneliness, as represented by an assortment of hand crafted vibrations sure to conjure up unbridled feelings of nostalgia for many tender moments to come.
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We get by with a little help from our friends
Passion Fruit Boys, indie rock, alt pop, gardenrock, dream pop, 70's pop, wistful, endearing, Nashville duo, Duncan Shea and Conor Belcher, guitar driven,
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