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Indie Roundup (Less is More Edition) | Two Terrific Tracks You Need Today

Musical gems from Fowarren and 36? offer everything you want today.

A lot of days, it’s about quantity. Today it’s about quality. Which is another way to say it’s been a quiet Monday in the indie ranks ā€” there’s only one new video and one new track to share in this Roundup. But here’s the good news: They’re both outstanding in their own fields. Don’t take my word for it; see (and hear) for yourself:

1 | Call it Three Minutes of the Condor. Well, 4:18 to be precise. But who’s counting? Not me: I’m too busy marvelling at how much thought and effort clearly went into the ultra-cool espionage-themed video for Everything Apart, the first single from the upcoming self-titled album by Prairie indie-rockers Foxwarren (featuring singer-guitarist Andy Shauf, the man behind 2016’s brilliant concept disc The Party). SEZ THE PRESS RELEASE: “The driving krautrock, drum machine backbone of the song evokes a ticking clock ā€“ a race against time. ā€œCombined with Andyā€™s existential lyrics, the songā€™s propulsive feel reminded us of the noir-ish tension of classic spy thrillers like The Conversation, Three Days of The Condor, and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,ā€ explained the videoā€™s directors, the Ft. Langley Production Company. ā€œWith the bandā€™s blessing, we set to work on creating our own micro cold-war thriller, paying homage to era tropes like zoom-heavy camerawork, trench coats, and analogue tech.ā€ Find out if it’s safe above.

2 | Some songs ask questions. Others answer them. so what?, the noisy new track from numerically curious Calgary indie-rockers 36?, seems to be one of those songs that does both ā€” and does so with the help of a stylishly clever combination of catchy melody and cacophonous mayhem. SEZ THE PRESS RELEASE: ā€œso what? is about when being out with all of your friends canā€™t stop you from feeling alone ā€“ when youā€™re so down on yourself that it feels disingenuous to even engage with the people who are close with you. I donā€™t think this song is really about a particular moment, so much as it is about the general feeling of disassociation that can creep its way into situations where we should be having a good time but weā€™re not. The natural reaction when you are feeling super depressed is to overcompensate with faux-positive energy and pretend everything is super happy, which is what we did with the arrangement. so what? is like when someone tells a funny joke about how they hate themselves. You laugh, but you also know they are serious.” They’ve got your number:

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