Snakeweed Sessions Presents: Lymbyc Systym
When the boys from Lymbyc Systym hit town, they dropped by the studio for a segment of Snakeweed Sessions. I had the opportunity to interview Mike and Jared, and we talked about their old and recent musical endeavours, from recent trips to the recording studio, to adolescent hip hop dreams.
The brothers also played two new tracks, “Downtime” and “Eyes Forward”, off their upcoming album.
Sorry for the lack of posts recently, and this super super late episode of Snakeweed Sessions featuring the ultra gifted Rachael Yamagata.
Have fun with it, and have a lovely time.
There’s something about singer-songwriter Rachael Yamagata that destroys you. It might be that smooth voice that glides over your bones for a chilling effect, or her fingers gently tapping on the piano with such poise and the intricacy and thoughtfulness you can hear in each note that resounds. Or maybe it’s the wonderful combination of the two, and the distinctive feeling of intimacy that her music brings you.
Here you go, folks!
For more Monster Cat, click here. That brings you to an earlier post about their debut Mannequins EP. Or you can click here to download/pre-order the album.
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Five-piece alternative rock band Monster Cat took their name from the mythical Japanese ‘baneko’, which devours its owner and shapeshifts to take his place. Cool.
The band describes their sound as inspired by The Smashing Pumpkins and Fever Ray’s “visceral force of myth and music” (brilliant description there), and their debut Mannequins EP is a five-song flight of fantasy with clever instrumentation and emotional wrought.
The individual tracks are built up beautifully, with progressions on turning points that’ll make your little hairs tingle, and delicate harmonizing that mirrors the fragility of conscience in the album’s fractured love songs and dreamscape realities.
My favourite track is “The Courier”, a haunting duet of dark imagery and lonesome love, laid over the lush symphony of sonically distorted guitar.
You might have heard an earlier, acoustic version of “Underwater” on the preview of Snakeweed Sessions. But the studio version’s got a little addition that… how can I say it?… fake empires things up to a whole other level.
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And there’s good news, till the end of May, the entire EP is available for download for free from their website. If you like it, then pre-order here.
If you still want more Monster Cat, check out Snakeweed Sessions #3. Their episode comes out May 6th.
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