Inland Murmur’s shimmering new monitor ‘Glimpses By Bushes’ carries a wistful reminiscence and attaches itself to constructive needs for tomorrow.

Inland Murmur – ‘Glimpses By Bushes’

Cardiff, Wales-based indie band Inland Murmur proceed to search out the steadiness between the fondness of reminiscence and a forward-looking lens on their newest single. The lineup of Hannah Collis (bass/vocals), Max Gorynski (drums), Alan McKechnie (guitar), and Toby Llewellyn (guitar/vocals) have been portray a collection of aesthetically pleasing work with every of their earlier singles, ‘Icarus’, ‘Waterline’, and ‘Freshwater.’ This development continues on ‘Glimpses By Bushes.’

Vocally, Hannah Collis might be likened to My Bloody Valentine’s Bilinda Butcher. And likewise like the nice MBV, Inland Murmur do a lot of their speaking with the listener by way of the unpredictable sound of the guitars. Collis’s vocals interaction with these guitar sounds properly and create the sort of sense of nostalgic longing that has come to outline a sure model of indie music. However reasonably than sound like a cliché, Inland Murmur sound like they’re all for transferring that sound ahead.

Whereas bands like New Zealand’s The Beths infuse their model of indie with a biting wit and sardonic sense of humour, Inland Murmur considers the present political and social second in numerous methods. There’s a way all through ‘Glimpses By Bushes’ that the band is aware of issues aren’t alright. “Once you name//I don’t know what it means to me,” might be taken in quite a lot of methods, all of which may level you in a wonderous frame of mind. Absolutely, although, it’s the sound of the previous begging its manner into the current, and Collis’s unease with this.

Selecting to file the one in Pembrokeshire provides it a pure significance as effectively. With its stunning coastlines and deep historical past, it’s the right locale for the sort of lyrics contending with the inevitability of change and the greedy arms of one thing that’s been earlier than. It’s no secret the political realities of issues like local weather change have created each a way of urgency in addition to a way of holding onto a passion for pure magnificence amongst folks. That is the sort of track that faucets immediately into that twin feeling and turns into immediately relatable to the listener.

“Vocally, Hannah Collis might be likened to My Bloody Valentine’s Bilinda Butcher”

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