Walking Some Lines
I’ve always been interested in the distance between what we see and what we think we know.
We meet somebody, notice a few things, hear half a story, and pretty soon we’ve got them figured out. Sometimes we’re right. Sometimes another detail comes along and the whole explanation falls apart.
That became the territory for Apparently.
The songs move through attraction, friendship, vanity, intelligence, kindness, anonymity, love and loss without asking anyone to be the villain. I was more interested in the little contradictions that make people difficult to explain—and considerably more interesting.
Musically, the record ranges pretty widely: cinematic art rock with an indie feel, guitar-forward arrangements, sophisticated rock, touches of soul and country, unusual harmonies, and plenty of room for the musicians to breathe. There are moments that make me laugh and others that became much more emotional than I expected.
It also turned out to be very good road music.
The kind of record I like when the traffic thins out, there’s some distance ahead, and I can actually listen rather than merely have music playing.
[Insert band photograph]
Apparently is available now on all streaming services.
Turn it up and take it somewhere.
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