![]() I have a unique relationship with this song because it felt like it came through me more than from me. This track contains the longest guitar solo I’ve ever played, and it’s one of my favorite moments on the record because I feel I’m singing through my instrument. It’s sweet, but incredibly uncomfortable and definitely overbearing. I think of “Cranium” as an absurd mating ritual dance by one of those beautiful complex birds with iridescent tail feathers-except instead of feathers I’m holding family heirloom tweezers and my hands are coated in honey. Stream the album below, and read on for her words. With the album out today, Wellbaum took the time to walk us through each of the album’s 10 tracks, sharing how personal frustrations-such as the inability to feed our own needs in a dying world and the struggle to be a queer people-pleaser-worked their way into the record. With guitar riffs ranging in influence from grunge to blues-including Wellbaum’s longest guitar solo ever, in turn warranting her audience’s longest “yeah boy” ever- Parallel Timeline is a daring exploration of all the avenues the band had previously never thought to venture down, providing a fresh musical journey not infrequently painted in shades that are distinctly Lisa Frank. For the new Slothrust album, though, Leah Wellbaum took this concept way back to her childhood, with peripheral thoughts of the drastically different life that would’ve resulted from small changes she’d made as a kid underlining each of the album’s tracks, which sonically expand upon the band’s longtime central thesis as well. Do these things exist? Can we ever really know them? Since this song came to me while I was staring at the ocean, it only felt right to explore this idea with nature, and also with mirrors.” Check out “Once More for the Ocean” below.I think the concept of “parallel timelines” has crossed everyone’s minds over the past year and a half-whether it’s the fantasy of getting to see a band whose tour got cancelled in the spring of 2020 or a more consequential life event that got turned upside down by the pandemic. I have always been interested in the intersection of destiny, and free will. Sometimes we just aren’t quite sure which self it is, or how to get there. “But the truth is, what we are really looking for lives within. The song arrives with a sublime music video that serves as an ode to Wellbaum’s love for the deep blue. “So many times when we are searching we are looking outside of ourselves because it is the only way we know,” she said. For me that feeling of oneness often shows up when I am spending time in nature.” ![]() However after sitting with it for a while I have come to the conclusion that this song was meant for me and it is about the search for a greater consciousness in times of chaos. At times I even wondered if it might be suited for a different artist. ![]() “It is not the easiest song to sing or explain. “I have a unique relationship with this song because it felt like it came through me more than from me, though I recognize that really there is no difference,” she said in a statement. Slothrust are ringing in the summer with the grungy new single “Once More for the Ocean.” It’s the latest preview of the Los Angeles indie rockers’ upcoming fifth album, Parallel Timeline, out September 10th via Dangerbird Records.įeaturing trademark killer guitar riffs from bandleader Leah Wellbaum, “Once More for the Ocean” seemingly came straight from her soul.
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