Although it’s by no means gotten as a lot press as Boston 50 miles to the north, Windfall, R.I., is house to a thriving, if amorphous, indie-music scene. Lookers embody the various contradictions of this former manufacturing city, which can also be house to the top-tier Rhode Island College of Design and Ivy League powerhouse Brown College.
“There isn’t a definitive sound to the Windfall music scene, however slightly a definitive angle that has a number of coronary heart and grit,” says Lookers cofounder Muggs Fogarty. “Most of us grew up going to exhibits within the grungy warehouse scene and at intimate home exhibits. As a band, we like to maneuver between these two—clear, tight management with erratic releases all through.”
Obtainable April 25 on the Brooklyn-based Virtually Prepared imprint, Lookers’ debut LP, Deeper, has been within the works for a very good lengthy whereas. Now a quintet, the group started within the 2010s as a songwriting collaboration between vocalist/poet Fogarty and guitarist Rafay Rashid. Since then, they’ve stuffed out their sound with bassist/violinist Florence Wallis (Low Anthem), guitarist Nick Politelli (Ravi Shavi) and drummer Bryan Fielding (Thug Honey).
“We love the epic scope and chaos of noise music and obtained to discover a extra textured sound with this file,” says Fogarty. “However even the extra restrained songs have an edge.”
A fragile antidote to the grinding synths of leadoff single “Bury You Alive,” “Alone” is a lilting, shoegaze-ish ballad. “It’s a poem concerning the suggestions loop of every lover’s impact on the opposite—a slow-burn of fates and watery time,” says Fogarty.
We’re proud to premiere Lookers’ “Alone.”
—Hobart Rowland
