"I hear the train / that I wish / you were on..."
The youthful, artful machinations of "Animal Child" by Olympia, Washington's Guidon Bear, the duo of underground indie stalwarts Mary Water and Pat Maley, cajoles with chasing piano notes, wistful guitar pushes, splashy downbeats and Mary's truly evocative, unique vocal character telling stories that feel indie filmic. "Animal Child" is from Guidon Bear's third full-length album, Internal Systems, that dropped July 31st via Antiquated Future. I adore the sense here that feels seeded from 60's bohemian folk, 70's busker punk and maybe from new artists that fueled retro adorations of revisionist indie sounds that (in my mind) starting, in earnest, around 2009.
LINER NOTES:
[On Internal Systems, the duo (Mary Water and Pat Maley) use their indie-pop and twee-punk pasts as a springboard into a sonic world all their own. Synths and vintage electronics, guitars, a homebuilt drum kit, songs about trying to stay well in an unwell world.
In a collaboration that's spanned over 25 years, beginning in the late '90s with their band Little Red Car Wreck, Water and Maley are quietly unstoppable forces of the Olympia underground and Internal Systems is proof of their lasting, ever-evolving collaborative power.]
In a collaboration that's spanned over 25 years, beginning in the late '90s with their band Little Red Car Wreck, Water and Maley are quietly unstoppable forces of the Olympia underground and Internal Systems is proof of their lasting, ever-evolving collaborative power.]
I expect to encounter an early winter in these California mountains this year. Perfect for hot chocolate and Guidon Bear.
-Robb Donker Curtius
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Songwriter Mary Water (Little Red Car Wreck) combines with drummer/multi-instrumentalist Pat Maley (Lois, Courtney Love)—both veterans of the '90s Olympia music scene—to create infectious and subtly complex pop songs about real-life nightmares, boot camps, late bills, and scraping by.
Songwriter Mary Water (Little Red Car Wreck) combines with drummer/multi-instrumentalist Pat Maley (Lois, Courtney Love)—both veterans of the '90s Olympia music scene—to create infectious and subtly complex pop songs about real-life nightmares, boot camps, late bills, and scraping by.
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