Fans of Presents For Sally and Echodrone can rejoice as Matt Etherton and Jackie Kasbohm have joined forces to launch a brand-new musical project. Seems Like Forever have been writing and recording for months and are now ready to let us hear the first fruits of their labour. Listen is the first single from the duo featuring three tracks to introduce us to this new sound they are making.
Joining them for this first single they have the main man from shoegaze legends Nax, Nicolás Castello. I asked Etherton for the lowdown on what we can expect from these new songs.
“The B sides are pretty loft sounding which I love. One with an acoustic just recorded through a mic and the other just part of one of the tunes which will be on the LP but with Sonic Youth type noise over Jackie’s vocal. I’m excited about it all.”
“The A side is close to exactly the sound I had in my head too. Rough and ready with some animal collective weirdness thrown in.”
Sounds like this is going to be a bit special.
The title track opens on a lo-fi drum beat that anchors the whole arrangement. Soon shimmering synths and a fluttering guitar enter and we are flying. It’s when Kasbohm’s otherworldly vocals enter the fray that this song is fully formed. There’s a real warmth throughout from the rounded bass tones to that arpeggio guitar part that just has me smiling every time I hear it. A real summer sound.
On the flip side we begin with a stripped back ‘Seen It All Before’. It comes in like a lost Nirvana Unplugged track. All moody and ominous, you’re hooked immediately. Etherton’s dead eyed delivery contrasting with Kasbohm’s lighter touch, almost like Kate Bush in the closing coda. I was immediately taken with this song and remains my favourite on the single.
Things conclude with ‘Maybe Never (prelude)’. The track is swathed in feedback, looming guitar tones, looping delay and deep dark fuzz. Underneath is a psychedelic sounding song peeking through the veil, Kasbohm’s vocal full of eastern promise. This has certainly piqued my interest in what the album version will sound like.
Listen is a stunning introduction to the world of Seems Like Forever. The band have cleverly given us three flavours of their sound and each is solid, each is utterly beguiling. This will certainly get fans appetites whetted for the full-length album we have been promised later in the year. Rest assured I’ll be covering that here on Static Sounds Club.
Listen is available now digitally and on super limited edition green coloured seven-inch vinyl over on the Seems Like Forever Bandcamp page.
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