Indie dream pop trio Stray Fossa have been a consistent presence on this blog for the last few years – who now make music from their bedrooms in Boston, Hamburg, and Munich.
Last month they returned with their new album, Blossomer, via Broken Palace and today we are focusing on three singles and standout offerings off of it.
“I Was There” has a dreamy indie rock presence that has a stirring 80s cinematic nature that blends elements of early Wild Nothing with later day Real Estate. Its about how our over-documentating of everything these days has ruined our actual memories of the same events.
The line “photographs leave nothing to talk about” gets at something I have noticed about digital media. The ease at which one can now take pictures and document everything makes it harder to actually experience those moments and make a deeper emotional connection to them. Memory is a very active process that requires one’s full presence. These days it is so easy to get distracted, to get pulled away from the present. So one snaps it up instead, saving it for a later date. And even if there’s visual proof that you were there at that place in time, one can only wonder: were you really?
“Spilled Over” features lush guitar work with a hypnotic set of guitar work and a dreamy 80s style of production that feels like a daydream that you know isn’t real, but the emotions of it are still unshakable upon waking up.
I wrote this song imagining what it would be like to visit the place you grew up 1000 years from now. I liked the image of a garden spilling over both as a metaphor for the uncontainable love one can have for a place, and as a quiet tribute to our dad who spends at least 50% of his time in the garden where we grew up back in Tennessee – planting, weeding, tending. I like to think there would still be some trace of it after all those years.
“Quiet Quitting” features sharp jangle pop guitar work that has a hypnotic yet soothing nature to it. There’s an atmosphere to it that feels like a warm blanket and sense of comfort which is ironic given the meaning behind the song:
This song is about trying to avoid social pressures. What does it mean to recede from social obligations? Maybe it just is a part of maturing – maybe it is the act of consolidation, focusing in on the people and places that matter most.
Find Blossomer available to stream and buy now from Bandcamp.
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