by Ljubinko Zivkovic (@zivljub)
As decades in rock or modern music, whichever way you look at it pass, there seem to be some forms of cyclical movements. Both fans and critics tout the new developments and then simply forget or neglect them in the following decade, only to renew their interest and re-evaluate some of the trends. Currently, it seems that the whole of the nineties is in some sort of a musical doghouse. Everybody seems to forget such great movements as Elephant 6 collective or the sound of Kindercore Records.
While there are quite a few artists around today that have their take on that line of indie rock, most of them are labeled as bedroom pop or even lo-fi, and very few actually hit the essence of that nineties indie sound that relied on possibly instant inspiration and making sure it all has a great melody every single time. Now, here come rose, water, fountain, somewhere from the outskirts of Boston to actually hit that sound right on the nail's head, and not only that. They somehow make sure that it perfectly fits into all that is going on now in music, as if Olivia Tremor Control or Dressy Bessy never went away.
The concept is seemingly simple. Or, as the duo puts it "two friends writing songs in Allston, MA,” but that is only the surface. Actually, Sami (Puppy Problems) and Dylan (Bedbug), have come up with absolutely charming and achingly brief songs that are about to fall apart and out of tune at any second but never do, ending up with brilliant indie musical vignettes. The only exception is the concluding “Infinite (out of time),” the only track that in any way approaches the three-minute mark. As somebody commented on their Bandcamp page, Indie rock revival is real, and it starts here!!