THURSDAY OCT 24, 2019
Tummyache
tummyache is An Alternative Rock Project created by songwriter/producer Soren Bryce. The project is named after one of the side effects of severe physical anxiety. Bryce has been creating and releasing music for the past six years under her own name. Tummyache manifested from Bryce’s need to explore a new set of emotions she experienced while living in Brooklyn, New York. the debut EP “HUMPDAY” is an honest and aggressive self-dive into a myriad of intra/interpersonal issues; as well as a reflection of the human condition through the lens of absurdism. Songs like “machine” and “commonplace” are a cry to understand a life without intrinsic meaning, while “median” and title track “humpday” surrender to the existential anxiety in an attempt to be comforted by self-made hope. “in between” is a bitter-sweet outline of Bryce seeking to simply ‘feel better’.
tummyache is An Alternative Rock Project created by songwriter/producer Soren Bryce. The project is named after one of the side effects of severe physical anxiety. Bryce has been creating and releasing music for the past six years under her own name. Tummyache manifested from Bryce’s need to explore a new set of emotions she experienced while living in Brooklyn, New York. the debut EP “HUMPDAY” is an honest and aggressive self-dive into a myriad of intra/interpersonal issues; as well as a reflection of the human condition through the lens of absurdism. Songs like “machine” and “commonplace” are a cry to understand a life without intrinsic meaning, while “median” and title track “humpday” surrender to the existential anxiety in an attempt to be comforted by self-made hope. “in between” is a bitter-sweet outline of Bryce seeking to simply ‘feel better’.
DD Island
When he created D.D. Island, Brandon Rhodes set out to build a home for the all of the stray songs he had floating around his mind and in his notebooks. What started as a sort of filing of therapeutic emotional vomit has since developed into a collection of vulnerable indie-rock-pop songs. The songwriter’s debut full-length ‘Lost Dog’ hits the shelves and the web on June 8th.
The record is a reflection on the human condition and its ridiculous nature. How caught up we can get in ourselves. How silly our troubles can be. And how the emotions these ‘silly troubles’ bring are just as powerful as any, regardless of whether or not they are valid or logical.
Following his 2018 release ‘Last Summer,’ a collection of three songs written in the summer of 2017 after having dropped out of music school in Nashville, ‘Lost Dog’ explores the uglier sides of the human psyche. Songs like ‘Good Enough’ or ‘Without Me’ give a voice to the hopeless, self-defeating thoughts that most of us wish to ignore. Thoughts like, “I’m not sure, if I’m the only one, who fantasizes about throwing myself from a cliff just to see what it would be like to die.” As the album progresses, we begin to see signs of growth with songs like ‘Gravities in my Head,’ an acknowledgment of the fact that ‘maybe I can control the weight that these thoughts that I’m experiencing have on me.’ In the album’s final tracks, Rhodes expresses the exhaustion that comes with such an intense level of introspection in ‘Give it a Rest,’ choosing to listen to the kinder voices of the mind. And finally concludes that everything is going to be alright and that he’s not going anywhere and neither are his troubles in ‘Waiting for Love.’
D.D. Island will be touring the US in its live band carnate this Summer. Stay posted for show listings. And stay tuned for more albums to come, the troubles won’t stop and neither will the music.
When he created D.D. Island, Brandon Rhodes set out to build a home for the all of the stray songs he had floating around his mind and in his notebooks. What started as a sort of filing of therapeutic emotional vomit has since developed into a collection of vulnerable indie-rock-pop songs. The songwriter’s debut full-length ‘Lost Dog’ hits the shelves and the web on June 8th.
The record is a reflection on the human condition and its ridiculous nature. How caught up we can get in ourselves. How silly our troubles can be. And how the emotions these ‘silly troubles’ bring are just as powerful as any, regardless of whether or not they are valid or logical.
Following his 2018 release ‘Last Summer,’ a collection of three songs written in the summer of 2017 after having dropped out of music school in Nashville, ‘Lost Dog’ explores the uglier sides of the human psyche. Songs like ‘Good Enough’ or ‘Without Me’ give a voice to the hopeless, self-defeating thoughts that most of us wish to ignore. Thoughts like, “I’m not sure, if I’m the only one, who fantasizes about throwing myself from a cliff just to see what it would be like to die.” As the album progresses, we begin to see signs of growth with songs like ‘Gravities in my Head,’ an acknowledgment of the fact that ‘maybe I can control the weight that these thoughts that I’m experiencing have on me.’ In the album’s final tracks, Rhodes expresses the exhaustion that comes with such an intense level of introspection in ‘Give it a Rest,’ choosing to listen to the kinder voices of the mind. And finally concludes that everything is going to be alright and that he’s not going anywhere and neither are his troubles in ‘Waiting for Love.’
D.D. Island will be touring the US in its live band carnate this Summer. Stay posted for show listings. And stay tuned for more albums to come, the troubles won’t stop and neither will the music.
Rare Demo
"If you have yet to feast your imagination on the oddball odyssey that is Gator on Bike on Paper, the debut EP from enigmatic duo L Daddy and Magnus, aka Rare Demo, then it’s time to melt your synapses. Released back in December of 2018, the seven-song effort is a schizo mix of weirdo pop and scattershot electronica and R&B that twists and contorts itself into all manner of fascinating sounds and shapes. It’s a lot to take in, especially on first listen, but the more you allow yourself to absorb the group’s freakish emanations, the more their convoluted logic begins to unravel and make sense.
“Catpiss (The Club)” serves as the EP’s literal centerpiece, and intentional or not, it also serves a worthy bellwether for Rare Demo’s unconventional antics. Spend just a brief minute with the track and you’ll get a heavy taste of everything that makes the pair tick—off-kilter spazz-pop rhythms, frenetic beats, absurdist vocals that swing precariously from stream of consciousness ramblings to honest-to-god hooks. There’s nothing relaxed about what L Daddy and Magnus do, but neither does it feel entirely goofy or haphazard.
Created by Casey Doran, the accompanying video helps conceptualize the anomalous universe Rare Demo operate in. A seemingly omnipresent fixture on the Atlanta DIY scene, Doran’s photography and video work has always carried a surrealist bent while maintaining a raw intimacy with his subjects. “Catpiss” is no different, taking the viewer on a rambling lo-fi trip through drunken house show hijinks, spastic dancing, and wanton keyboard destruction."
-Guillermo Castro, Immersive Atlanta
"If you have yet to feast your imagination on the oddball odyssey that is Gator on Bike on Paper, the debut EP from enigmatic duo L Daddy and Magnus, aka Rare Demo, then it’s time to melt your synapses. Released back in December of 2018, the seven-song effort is a schizo mix of weirdo pop and scattershot electronica and R&B that twists and contorts itself into all manner of fascinating sounds and shapes. It’s a lot to take in, especially on first listen, but the more you allow yourself to absorb the group’s freakish emanations, the more their convoluted logic begins to unravel and make sense.
“Catpiss (The Club)” serves as the EP’s literal centerpiece, and intentional or not, it also serves a worthy bellwether for Rare Demo’s unconventional antics. Spend just a brief minute with the track and you’ll get a heavy taste of everything that makes the pair tick—off-kilter spazz-pop rhythms, frenetic beats, absurdist vocals that swing precariously from stream of consciousness ramblings to honest-to-god hooks. There’s nothing relaxed about what L Daddy and Magnus do, but neither does it feel entirely goofy or haphazard.
Created by Casey Doran, the accompanying video helps conceptualize the anomalous universe Rare Demo operate in. A seemingly omnipresent fixture on the Atlanta DIY scene, Doran’s photography and video work has always carried a surrealist bent while maintaining a raw intimacy with his subjects. “Catpiss” is no different, taking the viewer on a rambling lo-fi trip through drunken house show hijinks, spastic dancing, and wanton keyboard destruction."
-Guillermo Castro, Immersive Atlanta