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WAX AND DIGITAL EP OUT TODAY VIA SONIC UNYON
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“Basement Revolver's new EP, Wax and Digital, is a wonderful playground of contradictions. It's a worthy and textured successor to their beautiful 2018 debut LP, Heavy Eyes.” - 9/10 Exclaim!
Photo Credit : Kyle Fisher
Today, Hamilton’s Basement Revolver release their new EP Wax and Digital via Sonic Unyon. In addition to the album, the indie rock act has shared a video for the second single, “Have I Been Deceived”.
Looking back at the religious upbringing that guitarist/vocalist Chrisy Hurn has – for the most part – since left behind, and gazing ahead at the person she hopes to become, “Have I Been Deceived” finds her further questioning ‘the shit I’ve held on to’ in a dreamy country-rock sway.
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Speaking on the new track, Hurn says:
“Think about “Have I Been Deceived” as an open letter to God. This past year, I have been feeling like I was brainwashed. I was taught to think in a particular manner, taught to love in a specific way, taught to think about my body and sexuality in a specific (ahem oppressive) way, and quite honestly at the time, I ate that shit up. I was the girl in highschool trying to convert all my friends, telling everyone to stay abstinent, listening to every Christian band that sounded almost as good as the real thing. That was my entire identity. Throughout my twenties, this identity fell apart.
I’ve become increasingly uncomfortable with who I was, so much that being around any type of Christian culture, makes me feel nauseous, or worse.
I want to let that go, I want to think clearly about faith, but I am afraid that I am not able to. I am afraid that I was gaslighted into loving something that is wrong or an ugly version of something that could be good. I don’t know who I am without my past. I don’t know who I am moving forward. I wish I had a more clear answer but I don’t; I am just here.”
Recorded with Toronto-based producer Ian Gomes (Greys, Frigs, Odonis Odonis), Wax and Digital expands on the bedroom-y sound of the band’s previous releases while losing none of its intimacy. Guitars oscillate between soaring riffs and shimmering shoegaze ambience while the rhythm section propels like a well-oiled machine, and Hurn’s vocals ring out in crystal clarity. In the past, she has earned comparisons to The Cranberries’ late Dolores O'Riordan, but here she proves her depth with stunning performances in the style of Mitski, Alvvays’ Molly Rankin, or fellow Hamiltonian Ellis.
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WAX AND DIGITAL TRACKLIST
Wax and Digital
Master’s Degree
Concussion Pt. 2
Have I Been Deceived
Romantic At Heart
What Are You Waiting For
PRAISE FOR BASEMENT REVOLVER
"Alvvays goes shoegaze. Dreamily drift between featherlight fizz and gutting,
rueful riffing." - Total Guitar
"A patchwork quilt of The Maccabees' softly stummed builds and
the melodic force of Alvvays." - DIY
"Wonderfully tender compositions full of weight." - Gold Flake Paint
"Fuzzy dream-pop melodies." - The Line Of Best Fit
"Lush with dulcet reverb." - The Fader
