Anybody who’s skilled author’s block can inform you it’s no enjoyable. And Warren Dunes’ Julia Massey has seen her share of artistic dry spells.
“I wrote ‘Inspiration Blues’ as a result of I used to be caught in one of many inevitable storms of the artist’s journey,” says the chief of the exceedingly eclectic (and philanthropic) Seattle-based indie-pop trio. “I couldn’t work out what to write down about, so I wrote about that. I actually loved fleshing out that easy thought and attempting to seize the sensation of dropping your muse—not simply with phrases but in addition with music.”
However whereas frustration could have impressed “Inspiration Blues,” it’s actually a music about getting previous the pace bumps—and avoiding the brick wall. “It’s a happy-sad music,” says Massey. “The solos are supposed to characterize the large, stunning skies after troublesome climate.”
Appropriately, Massey’s husband, Warren Dunes guitarist Jared Cortese, makes use of a Strymon BigSky results pedal within the tune. “I usually snort on the double that means once I introduce his ‘massive sky’ solos dwell,” she says.
By the point Massey had relocated to Brooklyn from Colorado at age 21, she’d already recorded her first solo LP. She launched her second effort, Moons And Stars Convene, in 2007, touring the South in an RV that ran on vegetable oil. After taking over residence in a Colorado forest for 2 years, she discovered her approach to Seattle and the hip, arty waterfront neighborhood of Ballard.
Warren Dunes started life within the 2010s as Julia Massey & The 5 Finger Low cost, a band that included Cortese and his drummer sibling, Dominic. When that challenge got here to an finish in 2017, the three opted to maintain it within the household, taking their new identify from a state park in Southwest Michigan that the brothers used to frequent as children. Theoretically, the shifting sands of Warren Dunes are the proper setting for the band’s self-described “post-modern seaside music.”
“Inspiration Blues” is the most recent single from Warren Dunes’ new LP, Aquamarine, which is obtainable Could 17 on Jenny Invert Data. “The video for ‘Inspiration Blues’ was the primary cyber collaboration we’ve ever completed, which was actually thrilling,” says Massey. “We labored with a Sri Lankan animator named Mudith, and we love the best way he captured the vibe in a chic, hand-drawn animation fashion that displays the message of the music: Hold going.”
We’re proud to premiere the video for Warren Dunes’ “Inspiration Blues.”
—Hobart Rowland