Influential slowcore outfit Idaho returns with its first album in over a decade with the May 31, 2024 release of Lapse (via Arts & Crafts on CD, LP, digital download and streaming). Lead single “On Fire” has a title that is perhaps a nod to foundational slowcore band Galaxie 500 but Idaho’s hushed and finely detailed sonics are its own. Liquid melodic lines flow and sparkle and fade in sync with Jeff Martin’s delicately rendered couplets. Call and response riffs intertwine with whorls of psychedelic shimmer all while the song’s layered dynamics complement each other with an elegant grace. The song seems to be one encouraging the listener, perhaps as an initial message to self, to indulge the inner life and cultivate the core of creativity within all of us and do something with it while you can because life doesn’t last forever and let’s face it so many pursuits we’re told matter more and what we often need to do to survive matter a lot less than in the grand narrative of our lives than getting to what is in our hearts to do with the time we have. Listen to “On Fire” on Spotify and order Lapse from Arts & Crafts here.
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