"oh it's you again / leaning on the fader / felt brand new again / when I heard you call / oh it's you again / hanging from the curtains / felt brand new again / never let you fall..."
The bold rock indie impressions of "Always" by Bay Area alt-rock outfit Nothing Natural are many exorcising demons from many genres and schmushing them all together. 90's alt rock tendencies tug at me but I feel dreamy power pop as well and slight hints of sludge pop and post grunge too. In fact within the dense guitar shapes, aloof vocal personas, guitar tones from acoustic to grunge-ified bending heaviness to the illusory almost art rock predilections have me feeling sonic / nucleic acid connections to dreamy old school post grunge alt rock like Local H, Smashing Pumpkins, Hum and newer such ever shifting iterations like Toner, bar italia. The either or or neither nor aesthetic, the adaptations to new cuts is what is intriguing, artistically compelling and head bangingly mesmerizing. Yes, all these thoughts from just this one song. I am yet to delve into more by Nothing Natural but so far it feels completely natural, rock organic to me.
LINER NOTES (bracketed):
[Nothing Natural is a Bay Area alt-rock outfit formed by guitarist/vocalist Austin Montanari (Aluminum), bassist/vocalist Kristen Addison (Parallel), drummer Dylan Lockey (Pllush), and guitarist Marc Leyda (aluminum). The group formed in Oakland, CA in 2020, and has since been playing shows along the west coast. Drawing inspiration from shoegaze and post-hardcore, Nothing Natural delivers riff driven songwriting with infectious dual vocal harmonies and chorus-drenched leads.]
"Always" is the very first glimpse of the band's "Cold Star" full length dropping on October 18, 2024.
-Robb Donker Curtius
https://www.instagram.com/nothing___natural/
https://nothingnaturalca.bandcamp.com/album/cold-star
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNuX7z62V4M
Nothing Natural is a Bay Area alt-rock outfit formed by guitarist/vocalist Austin Montanari (Aluminum), bassist/vocalist Kristen Addison (Parallel), drummer Dylan Lockey (Pllush), and guitarist Marc Leyda (aluminum). The group formed in Oakland, CA in 2020, and has since been playing shows along the west coast. Drawing inspiration from shoegaze and post-hardcore, Nothing Natural delivers riff driven songwriting with infectious dual vocal harmonies and chorus-drenched leads.
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM
https://www.instagram.com/nothing___natural/
https://nothingnaturalca.bandcamp.com/album/cold-star
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNuX7z62V4M
Nothing Natural is a Bay Area alt-rock outfit formed by guitarist/vocalist Austin Montanari (Aluminum), bassist/vocalist Kristen Addison (Parallel), drummer Dylan Lockey (Pllush), and guitarist Marc Leyda (aluminum). The group formed in Oakland, CA in 2020, and has since been playing shows along the west coast. Drawing inspiration from shoegaze and post-hardcore, Nothing Natural delivers riff driven songwriting with infectious dual vocal harmonies and chorus-drenched leads.
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