"I’m not even asking for / frivolous things / you’re telling me! / we coulda had nice things / the whole, the whole time, whole time..."
The percolating emotional deconstructions and drama of "Madatchoo" by Seattle based Invisible Shivers is so unique in artistic temperament that I am pretty sure that you have heard nothing like it. The blend of genres, from late 70's proto punk to 80's abstract wave, to 90's indie rock and more, ALL filtered through the bending imagery of a carnival mirror makes for a sort of tripolar experience. Besides the wide eyed theatricality of Ian Shuler's vocal performance, the screaming guitar, pulsating synths and kind of trash punk percussion are all so head turning.
For me, "Madatchoo" moves between a video soundscape, to a loony sitcom soundtrack, to that divisive soundtrack in your own head when you have gotten too high and feeling too paranoid and too loose and easy at the very same time.
Because…it doesn’t have to be this way
I’m not even asking for
Frivolous things
You’re telling me!
We coulda had nice things
The whole, the whole time, whole time"
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[From high-speed trains to high-stress jobs, the song is about disillusionment when realizing your home country isn’t living up to the promises of life abroad. This is the third and final single before the Seattle band releases their new album, "Spanish Ways to Say Goodbye", on November 10.
Frontman Ian Shuler wrote it as a punk song on a pawn shop guitar when living abroad in Madrid. Back home in Seattle, he and producer William Cremin (Cumulus) channeled the song’s anger into something new — still punky, but in a realm of electro-pop, with Cremin on synths, guitars and programmed drums. While the song was mostly produced “in the box,” Matt Badger (Ravenna Woods) also bangs the drum kit over the electronic beats.]
As someone who listens to waaay too much indie music (both a curse and a blessing), I always get amped when an artist builds his own sonic universe totally different from all the cookie cutter pop sounds that we are all too familiar with.
As someone who listens to waaay too much indie music (both a curse and a blessing), I always get amped when an artist builds his own sonic universe totally different from all the cookie cutter pop sounds that we are all too familiar with.
-Robb Donker Curtius
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2HYnFy15XNj7bUCogekV15
https://www.instagram.com/invisibleshivers/
Invisible Shivers burst on the Seattle scene as a boisterous live band, sharing the stage with indie acts such as Kishi Bashi and La Luz. Back then, songwriter Ian Shuler sang lead from behind the drum kit. Now he writes songs for the front of the stage. The band has included members of beloved PNW bands like Smokey Brights, Cumulus, Ravenna Woods, and Fine Prince. Following the “wide-eyed romantic playfulness” of 2016’s self-titled EP, Invisible Shivers released the psychoactive LP What Makes You Feel Alive in 2019. In 2023, Invisible Shivers will release their love letter to a life abroad: Spanish Ways to Say Goodbye. “The music was conceived in Madrid, but born back in Seattle,” says Shuler. William Cremin brought the album to life with pop-forward production, along with help from vocalists Gnossienne and Helen Chance, bassist Luke Rägnar, drummer Matt Badger of Hannah Ramone, violinist Faith Eskola of Whispered the Rabbit, and guitarist Kennith Darling of Local Liars. The new album comes out on November 10.
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https://open.spotify.com/artist/2HYnFy15XNj7bUCogekV15
https://www.instagram.com/invisibleshivers/
Invisible Shivers burst on the Seattle scene as a boisterous live band, sharing the stage with indie acts such as Kishi Bashi and La Luz. Back then, songwriter Ian Shuler sang lead from behind the drum kit. Now he writes songs for the front of the stage. The band has included members of beloved PNW bands like Smokey Brights, Cumulus, Ravenna Woods, and Fine Prince. Following the “wide-eyed romantic playfulness” of 2016’s self-titled EP, Invisible Shivers released the psychoactive LP What Makes You Feel Alive in 2019. In 2023, Invisible Shivers will release their love letter to a life abroad: Spanish Ways to Say Goodbye. “The music was conceived in Madrid, but born back in Seattle,” says Shuler. William Cremin brought the album to life with pop-forward production, along with help from vocalists Gnossienne and Helen Chance, bassist Luke Rägnar, drummer Matt Badger of Hannah Ramone, violinist Faith Eskola of Whispered the Rabbit, and guitarist Kennith Darling of Local Liars. The new album comes out on November 10.
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