"The royal we / My mind my throne / Fox through the trees / I'm on my own..."
The dreamy rolling grooves and spiraling emotionalism of "Royal" by Babe Lewis, the solo recording project of Harrisonburg -Virginia based songwriter Joseph Harder, and performing band with Dane Ludwig (drums), and Valentin Prince (bass, vocals), encompasses abstractions and guitar heaviness that feels seeded from the 2000's, that fertile post grunge period when genres happily collided. For me, the sound feels part slacker garage rock, part neo-psychedelic distilled though indie pop filters. I am appreciating the chorus feeling shoegaze-esque but the verses feeling less so, riding on primarily the bass line and opened up vocals where you can actually make out the lyrics without the lyrics in front of you, a luxury I sometimes miss these days. This gritty blend feels lush and emo while kind of industrial at the same time, an ethereal flesh with callouses.
LINER NOTES offer:
That sounds right, at least based on this one track from the Babe Lewis debut album, "Sunspot" out now.
About the song, Joseph Harder shares:
"This song came together in a couple stages. I wrote foundation of the song after an experience with a fox in the woods behind my house. The recording was experimental -- my engineer and I wrote down all our gear on slips of paper, then for each track we drew them out of a hat to see what we would use to record the track."
Lyrics:
The royal we
My mind my throne
Fox through the trees
I'm on my own
I'm finding it hard
To let myself go
Don’t know if I belong
I want some solace, but I don’t wanna be alone
The royal we
My mind my throne
Fox through the trees
I'm on my own
It’s never enough
To stay or to go
Stuck in a Shepard tone
I want the world, but I’d like to stay at home
-Robb Donker Curtius
My mind my throne
Fox through the trees
I'm on my own
I'm finding it hard
To let myself go
Don’t know if I belong
I want some solace, but I don’t wanna be alone
The royal we
My mind my throne
Fox through the trees
I'm on my own
It’s never enough
To stay or to go
Stuck in a Shepard tone
I want the world, but I’d like to stay at home
-Robb Donker Curtius
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM
https://soundcloud.com/babelewis
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLN4nwqasCc277eynxi8xfw
https://babelewis.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/babelewismusic/
https://www.facebook.com/babelewis
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Babe Lewis is the solo recording project of Harrisonburg, Virginia-based songwriter Joseph Harder. Mercurial and expeditious, Harder's writing soars and pulses, painted with an ethereal sonic palate incorporating elements of retro psychedelia, shoegaze, and psych rock.
Inspired by the guitar stylings of bands like My Bloody Valentine and Helvetia, the hypnotic lo-fi pulse of Unknown Mortal Orchestra, and the mystic harmonies of Crosby, Stills & Nash, Babe Lewis inhabits a niche at the overlap of myriad eras and modes of psychedelic music.
Though the Babe Lewis project remains a solo recording endeavor, the project has grown to incorporate a full live band, comprised of Joseph Harder (vocals, guitar), Dane Ludwig (drums), and Valentin Prince (bass, vocals).
Inspired by the guitar stylings of bands like My Bloody Valentine and Helvetia, the hypnotic lo-fi pulse of Unknown Mortal Orchestra, and the mystic harmonies of Crosby, Stills & Nash, Babe Lewis inhabits a niche at the overlap of myriad eras and modes of psychedelic music.
Though the Babe Lewis project remains a solo recording endeavor, the project has grown to incorporate a full live band, comprised of Joseph Harder (vocals, guitar), Dane Ludwig (drums), and Valentin Prince (bass, vocals).
Babe Lewis, solo recording project of songwriter Joseph Harder, Harrisonburg -Virginia, dreamy alt rock, shoegaze, post grunge, psych rock, slacker rock, 2000's, abstractions, heaviness,
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