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January 19, 2007
A Sunny Day in Glasgow - "Watery"
A Sunny Day in Glasgow got alot of space on this site last year on the strength of their odd and appealing Best Summer Ever EP. You'll be hearing even more of them now with their debut full length Scribble Mural Comic Journal shined and ready for its February 14th release from Notenuf Records. The new material follows the same general blueprint as the now out of print EP, and envelops three of its songs. Ben Daniels veers more into electronic textures on the album, pairing his sister's lilting voices with blips that remind you of a time when it seemed like Aphex Twin's ambient work was the future of...something. Exclusionary guitar fans can rest easy knowing the axe its still the white noise generator of choice.
Still extremely pretty, still basically inscrutable.
We've splendidly roped the Daniels clan into celebrating the record's release with us at the Delancey on February 17th, making their only New York appearance at the next Neon Lights show. Now is not the time to talk of that however. That time will be in two or three weeks. You'll know when it has started.
For now, a taste of the new record...
A Sunny Day in Glasgow - "Watery (Drowning is Just Another Word for Being Buried Alive Under Water)"
The melody from this song is what's going to stay with you, even if it's gauzy, muffled sweetness will result more in perpetual unconscious whistling than a sing-along. Given the song's grimly accurate title it seems a bit easy to claim that the sonics feel submerged, but there is something coming between the clearly pretty singing of the Daniels sisters and the listener's ear. Water's as good a guess as any. It's strange because you feel like you can crack it with a closer listen, that the girls are making perfect sense if only you could somehow squint your ears a little and bring their words, alternating and overlapping, into clearer focus. So you lean into it, and try to brush away the undulating guitar washes that hang in stasis around the edges. Every so often, the hint of a drum surge acts as encouragement, tricking you into thinking you're on the right track. But, when you get to the end without capturing any elusive concrete meaning, it occurs to you that maybe pure melody was the point all along, and any obscuring elements were really protecting you from torturing yourself with deeper analysis. That's when you realize the tune has taken up position in your mind with no plans to leave. Then your whistling starts, like you've got no choice at all...
Cracker's United is a "Watery..." fan also, and Fluxblog had another song from the album here this week.
Pre-order Scribble Mural Comic Journal here
Previously: An interview with ASDIG's Ben Daniels...
// A Sunny Day in Glasgow - website
// A Sunny Day in Glasgow - MySpace
Posted by Jeff Klingman at January 19, 2007 01:15 PM
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