Better late than never is the would-be unwritten rule for music bloggers (if most of us weren’t so concerned with the immediacy of new, undiscovered music, or hype cycling and bandwagon riding at worst, c’est la vie). But what goes relatively unnoticed over a year ago, like the proverbial tree in the forest, eventually makes a sound as long as it’s still screaming over a year later… just like this brilliant track from Berkeley, CA’s Waterstrider:
Oh god, it’s happening. That hook, with its barbs like come-hither fingers and tingly spines. Those vocals, with their ominously harmonious falsettos that beck and call like a cult leader’s sales pitch. That bass and percussion, pointedly pinned to the rest like sticky tack. I’m all wrapped up, no mere exposure effect necessary, although I’ve got no problem listening a few dozen times. The waning year still has much to offer, even leftovers from 2012.
Here’s to 2013 2014, and to Waterstrider making the most of it.
