The Indie music site Indie Shuffle did a review about The Narrative last song release 'California Sun'. Read the review below
Sounds like: Death Cab for Cutie, The Anniversary
Tags: Indie Rock, Death Cab For Cutie, The Anniversary
Why do we like this?
This is a piece of California in your ears. If you're living there then you will agree. If you've ever been there, then you will also agree. If you have never been, then just picture the most beautiful beaches and canyons and valleys you could ever imagine, and listen to this chilled out jam by The Narrative.
"California Sun" is smooth rays of golden sunshine shining effortlessly on your face. Unnoticeable yet warm.
The track starts of smooth and mellow, working its way into your senses. It progresses naturally like a California day does. Slow, mellow, un-rushed. The production continues to build and small elements are introduced ever so often until by the end you have had another eventful day.
Enjoy this one. It's a keeper.
- Cyrus Pavel
With the post, The Narrative got a profile at the HyperMachine site, that feature most of the major indie bands released and reviews. You can check the page here.
Listen to 'California Sun' on Soundcloud
After a long time without live shows, The Narrative perfomed last night (8) at the Acme Feed & Seed hosted by the site No Country For New Nashville. The band moved to Nashville around 2016 to create more music and seek better oportunities for the band and personal lives. The site posted on Instagram the photo from The Narrative's performance.
You can check it below
Our buds The Narrative are officially Nashville residents and their first show since moving was stellar!
The Narrative (@thenarrativemusic) @ Acme Feed & Seed (@acmenashville) - 11.8.16 // Photo by @marybethblankenship
Last October 31,the website No Country For New Nashville premiered one of The Narrative's new song "California Sun" and wrote about the performance of the band on their Acme Feed & Seed showcase. You can read the post below
Earlier this year, we introduced you to Long Island transplants The Narrative, when we premiered a new track ahead of their long-awaited sophomore LP. In the months since, the duo, now fully permanent Music City residents, have put the final touches on their upcoming effort, a followup to their 2010 self-titled debut, and will release the album, called Golden Silence, on Dec. 2. Continuing to tease what is one of our most highly anticipated local efforts of the year, the group unveiled another new single, “California Sun,” late last week. Despite the cheery connotations of the title, the song is actually a melancholy, layered, and reflective indie pop tune, chock-full of The Narrative’s signature harmonies, earnest lyricism, and the orchestral bent adopted by their latest material.
You can hear the new song below, and, as we recently announced, you can see The Narrative’s first local show since moving to Nashville, alongside Waterfall Wash and Kayleigh Goldsworthy, on Tuesday, Nov. 8 at our next Acme Feed & Seed showcase. Per usual, the event is totally free (and this one in particular will provide a much needed escape from election day stress), and you can find out all about the lineup right here.
You can listen to "California Sun" on soundcloud and stream on Spotify here
For those of you curious about how a song goes from an idea to a recording... there are many steps along the way, but this video was shot during one of the final stages of workshopping Toe the Line before recording it. Just guitar, keys, drums, and one crappy iphone filter. At this point the intention is really just to run through the song and make sure there's nothing sticking out as strange or bad, and also to get warmed up on some still freshly written parts before having to record them! Anyway, we found this footage from way back when and wanted to share it. The beautiful boy behind the drums is Jay Scalchunes from Peru The Band.
Check the video here
You make sure you sure look fine
I'll come home and toe the line
I know men are made of dreams
sometimes dreams are all they see
Paint it black and paint it white
paint it 'til you feel alright
I see color, I see red
I see space between our bed
And we've got a long road
But we've got a burning coal
Sometimes it feels too hot to hold
I hope it never goes
I hope it never goes cold
Able tongues they come and go
sneak right by the radio
if I wake up past my prime
will I feel it every night?
Paint it black and paint it white
pull the blinds and meet the light
I see heaven up above
but I see you and I see love
And we've got a long road
But we've got a burning coal
Sometimes it feels too hot to hold
I hope it never goes
I hope it never goes cold
If I gave my heart to you
would it be a lot to lose?
Even in the light of day
I know nothing gold can stay
Even in the light of day
I know nothing gold can stay
And we've got a long road
But we've got a burning coal
Sometimes it feels too hot to hold
I hope it never goes
I hope it never goes cold
Our main goal at No Country is to share music from our favorite local artists and touring acts that hit Nashville. Now you can get straight to listening on our always-updated Spotify playlist.
Local music additions:
“Widow Maker” by Brooke Waggoner
“Mercy Please” by The Whistles & The Bells
“Relapse” by Anchor Thieves
“Moving Out” by The Narrative
Listen to Moving Out below
I wanna get out of the suburbs
Let my hair grow wild
And find a place I don't need money
Just to raise a child
I wanna die out in the forest
With my face in the earth
And if my daughter never loves me
Then I want it to hurt
I see the city try to swallow
What I used to call home
I see it blanketing the streets
Now they're covered in gold
But in the corners where the light
Never seemed to lay still
I see a group of angry kids
And they're looking to kill!
I see a group of angry kids
And they're looking to kill!
And oh, I see it now
We'll all be moving out
When all the kingdoms fall
We'll finally see it all
You know I used to laugh a lot
With my friends in the dark
And now they only hear the clock
So we don't even talk
And there are diamonds in our pockets
And they're dying to be sold
But if you're searching for the dollar
Then you'll only find coal!
If you're searching for the dollar
Then you'll only find coal!
And oh, I see it now
We'll all be moving out
When all the kingdoms fall
We'll finally see it all
My, my
When will it end?
Just take my hungry body
To the woods again
Show my eyes
The rising sun
Bury me in everything
We started from
I wanna get out of the suburbs
Let my hair grow wild
So I can gather up the earth
And pass it down to my child
Hello pumpkins! Please find below The Narrative's "Sunday Evening Guide Of Stuff You Should Do - 01/10/2016":
1) Familiarize yourselves with the amazing website, No Country For New Nashville at http://nocountryfornewnashville.com/2) Check out our Instagram for something exciting athttps://www.instagram.com/thenarrativemusic/3) Head to our mildly updated website for a new blog post and about section at http://www.thenarrativemusic.com4) Familiarize yourselves with the lyrics athttp://www.thenarrativemusic.com/#!moving-out/p9z105) Head over to No Country For New Nashville this TUESDAY 01/12/2016 to hear our new track, "Moving Out".
6) Celebrate with swedish fish, laser beams, margaritas, or however you usually celebrate.
7) Leave some love for us here, and check back in with us Tuesday!
Happy New Year everyone! The year of The Narrative finally releasing the songs we recorded a bagillion years ago. 2016, so hot right now... 2016.
Posted by The Narrative on Thursday, 31 December 2015
