Afterlives - “Still Lakes”
Afterlives is an acoustic/lo-fi rock project from William Barrett on Enemies List Recordings, the home recording label that produced Have a Nice Life and Nahvalr. This video is incredibly simple but it has an ominous, psychedelic feel to it. I’m looking forward to hearing the debut EP A Ticking Clock That I Couldn’t Stop, which can be streamed on Last.fm
March 16th, 2009 at 5:30 pm
[…] "Still Lakes " is a stunningly vulnerable piece with distant, weepy vocals and sorrowful acoustic strums that move towards a resonant chorus that pushes the song into slow, pulsating psychedelia. Sounding broken down and alone, Barett’s voice trembles across the yawning chasms lying between soft percussive beats, as the plodding guitars foretell imminent doom. It’s a subtly powerful song that seeps in ever so slowly, drawing you into the fractured psychology of its author. A clear highlight of this disc. […]