"This is not romance, this is survival / None of this is chance, its all a trial / This is when we work beside our idols / This is when we learn to dance with our rivals...
At only a little over 2 minutes (even shorter than your average Ramones song) there is so much dense lyricism in "The Traveler's Lament" from the upcoming 2023 concept album "The Odyssey of Captain Vivian Ribbons" by New Jersey's American Watercolor Movement that it might all leave you breathless.
The song is a fervent artful dash of wonky, whimsical, torn and treacherous atmospheres of danger and dark romance. I could not, with any clarity, tell you what the song is about but in many ways it has the kind of emo (but not) storytelling of artful dodgers like Jeff Rosenstock or Slaughter Beach, Dog. While there are xylophones and sliding guitar lines and or synths that bend and flutter creating an unbridled "thing" in between art performance and or musical theater and or heartland rock meets art rock meets emo punk (a collision between Bruce Springsteen, Arcade Fire and Jeff Rosenstock), the definition or description is not as important as how you feel once you swallow it whole.
Take a deep breath, do some knee bends and then dive in.
-Robb Donker Curtius
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0DGD7ITb3S44jQxmsOLaTv
https://americanwatercolormovement.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/americanwatercolormovement/
American Watercolor Movement draws us into a world all their own. With a unique lyrical mutability, their songs appeal to our senses—imparting stories of longing, traveling, searching—and we willingly submit to the highs and lows of their design.
American Watercolor Movement began as an experimental musical concept, evolving out of various musings and eclectic sounds. Their integrated fury of music and film, have seamlessly engaged and captivated their audiences over the years. The band supported artists such as Adam Franklin (Swervedriver), Dean and Britta (Luna), and Silver Apples to name a few. American Watercolor Movement released 3 full length CDs, 3 EPs and played extensively before taking a live performance hiatus. In late 2020 American Watercolor Movement released three separate volumes of unreleased music entitled, Rooftops, Rifles, and Honey followed by an additional collection of unreleased material in early 2022. Their latest album, The Odyssey of Captain Vivian Ribbons is a conceptual album featuring brand new music from American Watercolor Movement. A release date has been proposed for late January 2023 with a series of single releases prior to their full length release.
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https://open.spotify.com/artist/0DGD7ITb3S44jQxmsOLaTv
https://americanwatercolormovement.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/americanwatercolormovement/
American Watercolor Movement draws us into a world all their own. With a unique lyrical mutability, their songs appeal to our senses—imparting stories of longing, traveling, searching—and we willingly submit to the highs and lows of their design.
American Watercolor Movement began as an experimental musical concept, evolving out of various musings and eclectic sounds. Their integrated fury of music and film, have seamlessly engaged and captivated their audiences over the years. The band supported artists such as Adam Franklin (Swervedriver), Dean and Britta (Luna), and Silver Apples to name a few. American Watercolor Movement released 3 full length CDs, 3 EPs and played extensively before taking a live performance hiatus. In late 2020 American Watercolor Movement released three separate volumes of unreleased music entitled, Rooftops, Rifles, and Honey followed by an additional collection of unreleased material in early 2022. Their latest album, The Odyssey of Captain Vivian Ribbons is a conceptual album featuring brand new music from American Watercolor Movement. A release date has been proposed for late January 2023 with a series of single releases prior to their full length release.
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