Coral Grief is near the heart of a wave of West Coast bands repurposing dream pop in modern, eclectic ways. The Seattle trio announce their new LP, Air Between Us, which is out July 18 via Suicide Squeeze Records (digital), Anxiety Blanket Records (vinyl), and Den Tapes (cassette).
The band also shares the single ‘Rockhounds’. The track is dreamy and motorik, lyrics about navigating one’s 20s conveyed through metaphors about the shore. “Over the fall, into the roots, we’re reaching down now / I won’t give up even if there’s nothing to find, we’re reaching,” front person Lena Farr Morrissey sings in the chorus. The song is as enveloping and mesmerizing as the natural formations that it draws from. It’s accompanied by an equally dreamy video directed by Nick Shively.
On ‘Rockhounds,’ Lena Farr Morrissey from Coral Grief shares: “I love beachcombing and searching for small treasures- this song is an ode to that process, especially when you don’t find anything but it was still worth the journey. This also applies to appreciating the subtleties of an experience over material gain, which is something I’m always working on. The video is immersive and playful in a similar way, jumping back and forth between a day at the beach and a kaleidoscopic stage.”
Air Between Us:
- Starboard
- Rockhounds
- Air Between Us
- Latitude
- Avenue You
- The Landfall
- Paint By Number
- Mutual Wish
- Bells
- Outback
- Late Bloomer
- Almost Everyday
