"is it just me / or just you / I think we're spinning / out of control..."
The crunchy kinetic energy of "Build My Own Fever" by Boston's Arto Vaun sticks to you instantly. There are alot of lovely, artful things happening sort of all at once. Pushed power pop bass / drums / chunky guitar rhythms against other pearly electric open picking with notes that hang in the air as others offer harmonic like tones and dissonant fall aways. The sound feels live as opposed to heavy layering in post, the embellishments feel organically drawn and not over produced. Arto Vaun's vocal countenance feels smartly self aware, yet a bit aloof, a bit wide eyed and wondering, a perfect blend of abstractions, melancholia with equal parts power pop prowess and post grunge angst.
LINER NOTES (you need to know - bracketed):
["Build My Own Fever" is the third track and off of Arto's debut project "Stuck Inside a Map", set to release July of this year. The project is the result of around 6 years of somewhat reclusive songwriting while he was overseas and grappling with loss, grief, anger, and rebirth. It’s an album that signals me coming out of a decades-long fog brought on by the high dose of tragedy, upheaval and PTSD he experienced in his teens through 30s.]
[Speaking on the track, Arto said "I wrote 'Build My Own Fever' partly as a response to feeling overwhelmed by all the uncertainty in the world lately, and the sensory overload we're all dealing with. It's about trying to stay grounded even when things feel untethered and chaotic, and finding perspective to see the universality and connectedness between and around us all".]
[Arto Vaun is a bicultural songwriter/musician and poet from Boston, MA. He often combines English & Armenian in his lyrics. With his first project, a duo called Mishima USA, he played shows with artists like Rufus Wainwright, Ben Kweller, Daniel Johnston, Wheat, Kimya Dawson, War on Drugs, Mark Eitzel, and Wheat. Then life took him overseas for over 12 years, where he wrote a book of poems, finished a PhD in Creative Writing, and was an English lit professor. But he was writing songs nonstop. In 2013, he released The Cynthia Sessions. Now he’s back with Stuck Inside a Map (out in June 2024).]
This is my first introduction to Vaun and I look forward to delving into his artful sound.
This is my first introduction to Vaun and I look forward to delving into his artful sound.
-Robb Donker Curtius
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM
https://www.instagram.com/arto.vaun/
https://www.artovaun.com/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5pKzcrPtuOg2ZyKQKTXcKs
https://www.facebook.com/artovaunmusic
https://ffm.to/artovaun_buildmyownfever
Arto Vaun is a bicultural songwriter/musician and poet from Boston, MA. He often combines English & Armenian in his lyrics. With his first project, a duo called Mishima USA, he played shows with artists like Rufus Wainwright, Ben Kweller, Daniel Johnston, Wheat, Kimya Dawson, War on Drugs, Mark Eitzel, and Wheat. Then life took him overseas for over 12 years, where he wrote a book of poems, finished a PhD in Creative Writing, and was an English lit professor. But he was writing songs nonstop. In 2013, he released The Cynthia Sessions. Now he’s back with Stuck Inside a Map (out in June 2024).
Arto Vaun is a bicultural songwriter/musician and poet from Boston, MA. He often combines English & Armenian in his lyrics. With his first project, a duo called Mishima USA, he played shows with artists like Rufus Wainwright, Ben Kweller, Daniel Johnston, Wheat, Kimya Dawson, War on Drugs, Mark Eitzel, and Wheat. Then life took him overseas for over 12 years, where he wrote a book of poems, finished a PhD in Creative Writing, and was an English lit professor. But he was writing songs nonstop. In 2013, he released The Cynthia Sessions. Now he’s back with Stuck Inside a Map (out in June 2024).
Arto Vaun, indie rock, alt pop, new wave, alt rock, post punk, power pop, revival rock, Boston singer songwriter, formerly with Mishima USA, debut "Stuck Inside a Map", new single "Build My Own Fever",
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