"There are bats in the attic / There are bugs in my shoes / Nothing really matters / If I can't have you love..."
"Bats In The Attic" by New York based singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentlist, creative Friznost appeals to my sense of whimsy, of rhythmic engines and dreamy voices. The sort of piano voicings that feel like the smoke of burning blues colliding with goth and baroque pop drawn tones painted in experimental pulsate with 70's glam and 90's post rock. For whatever reason, Friznost's emotionally wrought, artfully drawn vocal countenance made me think of Marc Bolan, Thom Yorke and Mark Linkous all in one sustained breath.
The piano, added harmonica, melodica, and glockenspiel, subtle beat and electronic weirdness is all used sparingly. The lyrical poetry that seems to tell stories about the fragility of love and how it can disappear into the ether, maybe because it was not handled with care, feels haunting and beautiful. "Bats In The Attic", rendered so intimately could grace a dozen future Netflix bingers and add a level of narrative. The sound is malleable to so many storylines and I love that. Maybe because love as a ghost metaphorically speaking feels universal.
"There's too many pieces to pick up
This house is haunted with our love
You promised me you would meet me here
Before the sun came up"
AND much later:
"I was a fool to let you go so easy
The price of this love always increasing
Bag of popcorn, bottle of booze
It brings me back closer to you"
The price of this love always increasing
Bag of popcorn, bottle of booze
It brings me back closer to you"
These lyrics sung as moments of remembrance and maybe regret punch you gently in the stomach.
"Bats In The Attic" is a lovely introduction to Friznost. Damn and I wish I had his hair.
-Robb Donker Curtius
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Friznost: I try to recreate the sounds in my head and organize them into something musical. My inspiration to write comes from many places, but mostly from my kids’ artwork and passion for life.
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Friznost, singer songwriter, musician, multi-instrumentalist, poetric lyrics, "Bats In The Attic", love, lost love, ghosts, fragile, melancholy, cinematic, intimate,
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