OTTAWA DUO CHEMICAL CLUB (MEMBERS OF FANCLUBWALLET) SIGN TO ARTS & CRAFTS
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Ottawa-duo Chemical Club have released “Spring”, an upbeat, seasonally-appropriate indie rock single alongside the announcement that they've signed to independent record label Arts & Crafts. “The song is inspired by the feeling of jumping on your bike and riding down to the water in the early days of spring,” explains the band. “After a long, cold winter cooped up inside, those first ventures out under the warmth of the sun instill so much wonder.”
Every spring’s a new beginning / Shed the decades of dead ends
Everyone’s born disappearing / Just to end then bloom again
Over a driving rhythm section and shimmering guitars that evoke comparisons to melodic alternative bands like Phoenix and Wallows, “Spring” takes this excitement for the changing seasons and applies it to all of life’s changes. “We often cling onto the familiar and shy away from the new,” says the duo. “However, in change there is so much potential for growth and discovery that we often miss out on because we are focused on preserving the past. In short, “Spring” explores moving the focus from preserving the past to embracing the future.” The track is taken from a forthcoming EP scheduled for August 2022.
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Chemical Club is the project of Eric Graham (he/him) and Michael Watson (they/them), both of whom perform in fanclubwallet, with Watson also working as fanclubwallet's co-writer and producer. Graham and Watson perform tight, catchy indie pop songs, perfect for road trips or coming of age soundtracks, that deftly weave naturalistic lyrics with reflections on love, death, insecurity, and growth. Having grown up around the corner from each other, the pair didn’t truly connect until their teen years when they began playing together in garage bands. In 2019, they formed Chemical Club and have since released a series of homespun, self-released singles and EPs that’ve earned them a passionate following over the course of the pandemic.