“American Song” is Paper Citizen’s tribute to singer/multi-instrumentalist Claire Gohst’s experience with live music in the USA. Gohst is originally from Singapore but moved to Boston to study recording and jazz violin at Berklee and inevitably discovered the local and underground music scene and the various opportunities to witness live original music and to write and perform music of her own. The music video, directed by Alissa Wyle, shows the band performing in a garage, truly a long-standing mainstay in music across America with friends coming over to share in that experience and being together as a community. The song is a lighthearted yet exuberant bit of indie pop with some tasty soloing by Gohst on guitar that highlights the level of musicianship in the band. But the heart of the song is an earnest and endearing portrait of how in Gohst’s mind, and likely in the minds of many listeners, how the music community can bring people of disparate backgrounds together in a mutually supportive spirit of camaraderie in a very unpretentious, grass roots way accessible to virtually everyone. Watch the video for “American Song” on YouTube and follow Paper Citizen at the links provided.
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