Every Star In Rockingham County

Description

Although its lyrics are deep and personal, the album was born from a spirit of naivety and experimentation that infuses lightness and enthusiasm into the music. The pedal steel chords and delicate harmonies of Ryan and Grim - who have been singing together for half their lives - accompany the catchy power pop rhythms of Golibart, subtle guitar riffs, and nostalgic video game sound bites. Whether it's tracks like "Princess Peach" or references to football and Coca-Cola in "McMemories," Dogwood Tales expresses itself in an unprecedented vocabulary, not hesitating to show as much respect to fast-food icons and video game characters as to their grandmothers and local basketball legends. Or the poignant and precise lyrics of "Angel Dreams": "We went to Southern Kitchen, you didn't even want to play my favorite song. You cried while eating your fried chicken, the waitress thought I said something wrong," one easily feels like sitting on a couch in the band's attic. We share stories, a Gamecube in the background. The buzzing of electric guitars against a backdrop of pedal steel and sincere lyrics places ESiRC in dialogue with the current lo-fi country romanticism of independent rock, paying homage to great American songwriters like Townes Van Zandt, but ultimately taking the listener into unknown territory. A journey through Rockingham County, the melancholic valley, the unbreakable friendship of four friends growing up in a small rural town in Virginia, and a digital era where loneliness is all too present. Fortunately, the stars are there to keep us company.