Blindfaller

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Drawing on Watchhouse's album, Blindfaller, this is inevitable. You suddenly perceive the power and devastation hidden in its silence, the fatality concealed beneath its raw beauty. You will hear how this amplifies the intimacy at the heart of the North Carolina duo's music, as if they have created their own musical language in the recording process. "We talked about the vibe of each song and vaguely indicated who would take the solos, but it was mostly a lot of fresh takes, a lot of eye contact, and a lot of strange nods and winks," explains Andrew Marlin, who anchors the group alongside multi-instrumentalist and singer Emily Frantz. As the duo's songwriter, Marlin sharpens his lyrical talent here, addressing broad themes like aging and the feeling of helplessness in a world torn by injustice. Certainly, the album sounds classic, but it is rooted in the present of our daily headlines.