The Clearwater Swimmers have shared their second single, “Firewood,” from their upcoming self-titled debut LP, out October 4 this year. “Firewood” is an eerie and melancholic song that highlights Sumner Bright’s unique vocal tone and melodic style.
A standout about this track is the way Sumner’s vocals and the band’s churning rock music exist together, the gentleness of the vocal and the intensity of the backing music make fora layered listening experience. They complement one another so well and give the song a kind of mystery.
The band states, “A song about the end of the world, really, and dread of catastrophes. It deals in the hanging-by-a-thread feeling of being frightened of your own environment, and also the relief that can be provided by somebody or something to cling on to.”
The Clearwater Swimmers self-titled debut is, at its core, a collection of field notes exploring gratitude, and how to shape it into a salve, armor, and engine. With songwriting often invoking themes of the natural world, community, and the spaces between, this album deals in the components a person is made up of: millions of small, fleeting moments, experiences, people, feelings – some painful, and some soothing. As much as the lyrics are autobiographical, they are just as much a letter to the threads that comprise the group, what ties them together, and what extends beyond.
What do you think of The Clearwater Swimmers’ latest offering “Firewood”?
