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Released: August 12, 2016
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Everywhere Else: A vague sense of want, of escape, or of resignation. Reconciling the limitations of your surroundings with the endlessness of earthly potential. Kindling has made their home in this space: between the dirt and the stars, conscious of the weight of life's anchors, trying to outpace and shed them. Building on the foundation of 2015's Galaxies EP, the band has zoomed out on the map to present a fuller view of their topography: the succinct punk-influenced noise-pop of Galaxies refocused into what is at turns scorchingly anthemic and quietly understated fuzzed-out bliss on Everywhere Else. The band - led by Stephen Pierce and Gretchen Williams - spent a week at Sonelab in rural Easthampton, MA with Justin Pizzoferrato (Dinosaur Jr, Pixies, Speedy Ortiz, Sonic Youth, etc.), resulting in a dynamically layered monolith of towering guitar noise & wistfully hazy vocals, balancing deafening heaviness with a lightness and beauty; a pop sensibility rarely found when the volume and attack ends up this far in the red.
From the opening barrage of Coma through the droning guitar outro of Became, Everywhere Else is a geography of peaks and valleys, demonstrating dramatic growth in the short months between it & the Galaxies EP. With their most clearly defined and ambitious set of songs to date, Kindling has taken a leap forward, exploring far beyond the outer reaches of the blueprints laid out thus far, at once cloaked in shadow and drenched in sunlight, celestial but distinctly of this world.
Kindling is:
Stephen Pierce: Guitar / Vocals
Gretchen Williams: Vocals / Guitar
Andrew Skelly: Drums
Jeffrey Stevens: Guitar
Aaron Snow: Bass
Track Listing:
1. Coma
2. Given
3. Blinding Wave
4. Black Eye
5. Weightlessly
6. Lose Your Breath
7. Galaxies
8. Capital Cities
9. Other Times
10. Vegvísir
11. Perennial
12. Became
Produced by Justin Pizzoferrato & Stephen Pierce
Recorded & Mixed by Justin Pizzoferrato at Sonelab, Easthampton MA
Mastered by Carl Saff at Saff Mastering
Artwork by Meghan Minior / Static Frame Design
Photography by Reid Haithcock
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Everywhere Else: A vague sense of want, of escape, or of resignation. Reconciling the limitations of your surroundings with the endlessness of earthly potential. Kindling has made their home in this space: between the dirt and the stars, conscious of the weight of life's anchors, trying to outpace and shed them. Building on the foundation of 2015's Galaxies EP, the band has zoomed out on the map to present a fuller view of their topography: the succinct punk-influenced noise-pop of Galaxies refocused into what is at turns scorchingly anthemic and quietly understated fuzzed-out bliss on Everywhere Else. The band - led by Stephen Pierce and Gretchen Williams - spent a week at Sonelab in rural Easthampton, MA with Justin Pizzoferrato (Dinosaur Jr, Pixies, Speedy Ortiz, Sonic Youth, etc.), resulting in a dynamically layered monolith of towering guitar noise & wistfully hazy vocals, balancing deafening heaviness with a lightness and beauty; a pop sensibility rarely found when the volume and attack ends up this far in the red.
From the opening barrage of Coma through the droning guitar outro of Became, Everywhere Else is a geography of peaks and valleys, demonstrating dramatic growth in the short months between it & the Galaxies EP. With their most clearly defined and ambitious set of songs to date, Kindling has taken a leap forward, exploring far beyond the outer reaches of the blueprints laid out thus far, at once cloaked in shadow and drenched in sunlight, celestial but distinctly of this world.
• BLUE 150-GRAM vinyl! THIS VERSION IS LIMITED TO 200 COPIES!
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released August 12, 2016
Kindling is:
Stephen Pierce: Guitar / Vocals
Gretchen Williams: Vocals / Guitar
Andrew Skelly: Drums
Jeffrey Stevens: Guitar
Aaron Snow: Bass
Produced by Justin Pizzoferrato & Stephen Pierce
Recorded & Mixed by Justin Pizzoferrato at Sonelab, Easthampton MA
Mastered by Carl Saff at Saff Mastering
Artwork by Meghan Minior / Static Frame Design
Photography by Reid Haithcock
supported by 7 fans who also own “Everywhere Else”
Shoegaze ist die Kunst des Dröhnens, doch „Everything Is Alive“ setzt diese Elemente nur sparsam ein. Statt Hall- und Zerr-Sounds aufzutürmen, schäumt die Musik in feinen Bläschen über.
https://tortue.substack.com/i/140348114/slowdive-everything-is-alive-dead-oceans Daniel Welsch
supported by 6 fans who also own “Everywhere Else”
This album is the blueprint for Life On Venus future records. The signature sound of gloomy, dreamy shoegaze is highly recognizable and makes this band stand among others in an style where is difficult to shine or make your brand unique.
If you're a fan of shoegaze in general, you need this album in your life; if not, is still worth a spin. Your soul will be thankful. Dionysos Nyktelios
Boston band featuring members of Have Heart and Basement take their earnest, motivational post-hardcore to thrilling new heights. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 23, 2023
supported by 6 fans who also own “Everywhere Else”
Great album. Opener "For Olive," and its delicious chord progressions will stick in your head for days. "Wait" and "Rain" are also highlights that show the softer side of the group. And while "Better World" is almost a sequel to "For Olive" in tone, it makes up for the reuse of the chord progression with a passionate performance from all involved. The two singers sound better than ever before, and their guitars are even more forceful, while being more restrained in all the right ways. Jesse Mullen