New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Taking you to a new level of introspective reflection, upstate NY outfit The Mountain Carol's new single and music video "Sway" provide a tasty cut off their upcoming album that will leave you in a state of lucid dreaming. With shoe-gaze style staccato guitar licks, electronic drum beats, and the glistening unique sheen of a Wurlitzer electric piano to complete, the vocals of Bruce Wilson will guide you on your way. Spill Magazine, who premiered the single and its accompanying video, described it as "a raw, beautiful and powerfully reflective piece."
With an atmospheric, electro-pop core to their sound, The Mountain Carol showcase their talented song-writing and versatility with the new track. Sauntering in to your consciousness, "Sway" builds slow and steady; it comes as the second single off the band's upcoming debut album Starkiller and the Banshees. The band shared, "This is one of the first 'new' Mountain Carol songs. Conceived by the riverside one early morning, "Sway" was originally much faster with a guitar part sounding a little more like The Mountain Carol's other single, "Dino." This track not only showcases Bruce's alien-soul keyboard skill but does so through Wayward Sound Studio's beautiful Wurlitzer electric piano."
Falling in line with the elusively vague storylines of previous videos, the video for "Sway" only proves to heighten the surreal, dream-like quality of their music. Following a character in a bar, the viewer is perfectly impressed with the feeling of being out in public, surrounded by people, yet very much alone and immersed in one's own thoughts. He begins to envision scenes of nature and the mountains, shaking them off until he is fully immersed. "This video is a great example of the power of The Mountain Carol's three-pointed pyramid structure. Inspired by Bruce's reflections on the music and lyrics, interpreted by Austtin, and actualized by Matt Hall, "Sway" draws its essence from the same well as the rest of the Mountain Carol canon. Disconnected illusions fight to suppress an irresistible, perhaps prehistoric memory." Featuring cameos from across the band's hometown of Plattsburgh, NY, the band self-shot the production, showcasing further talent with DIY originality and fierce loyalty to their craft. In similar vein to their DIY-ethos and ambiguously cryptic riddles often layered in their work, the cover art for the single provides another taunting mystery, displaying a girl standing at a bar, with her face blurred - perhaps a lost memory, or just another dream.
Starkiller and the Banshees will be released via Third Eye Industries on June 1, 2018 and is available for pre-order now, in digital and CD formats through the band's Bandcamp. The band will celebrate that night with a show at Monopole Bar in Plattsburgh, NY. "Sway" and "Dino" are availble everywhere now for stream and purchase, including Spotify, Apple Music, and Bandcamp.
UPCOMING SHOWS
June 1 - Monopole Bar, Plattsburgh, NY [Album Release Show]
