With just one prior release, green star are already garnering a name for themselves on the live circuit, packing out small venues for sweaty, grimy, invigorating shows. Out today, their second single ‘replication’ continues this mythology, taking it in a darker and dirtier direction.
Recorded at Fuzz Brain Studios, ‘replication’ locks drawling vocals inside a manic soundscape. That central image of ‘replication’ – of the same things happening, day in, day out – haunts the vocals, the frustration it triggers manifesting in the thrashing instrumentals. The whole piece is drenched with a sense of ennui, which clings to your skin like last night’s perfume. Despite its angst and chaos, there’s something quite tender at the song’s heart, with the subdued vocals belying a sense of longing. Given a lift by meandering guitar lines, the track builds and builds to its cliff- edge conclusion, when it begins to break up, becoming as fragmented as a dream. This soporific state is one augmented by the accompanying video, directed by Rodrigo Morán, and by reverb so thick and sticky that your eyelids will struggle against it.
As the track peters, out, you are left with a sense that you’ve run out of ground and have just stepped out into air. Its as freeing as it is arresting; time to fly or fall.
green star will celebrate the release of their new single on December 5th at The George Tavern. Tickets on sale now.
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