Supposedly Gilded Creatures are “the worst country band to have ever existed.” But that failure of genre adherence has given us the gorgeously melancholic “I Can Get Morose.” If one were to get deep into the weeds of style diagnostics of the song one hears threads of stuff like early Big Head Todd and the Monsters and following that musical DNA further back some R.E.M. (the vocals are very reminiscent of Michael Stipe). Maybe there is a good solid chunk of being subjected to a playlist of the peak popularity tracks by Counting Crows by one’s parents or nascent youthful nostalgia. But the guitar work is ethereal and glittery and the rhythms expansive as though washing the personal darkness and gloomy moods that can weigh one down at the best of times and certainly when the weather is waxing cold. Is this indie rock or dream pop or soft shoegaze? Does it matter when the spirit of the song gets in your head with an undeniable melodic hook or five and words of emotional solidarity in capturing the vibe a headspace of being sunk in defeated thoughts and seeking a break from it however you can in order to move beyond it? Not really. Listen to “I Can Get Morose” on Spotify and follow Gilded Creatures at the links below.
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