caroline
Hometown: London, U.K.
Album: Self-titled, out now via Rough Trade
caroline’s self-titled debut’s brand of post-rock takes cues from indie rock, chamber pop, and folk, which offers up a constantly shapeshifting, wonderfully engaging listen. No album has felt quite as comforting as this—the sonic equivalent of a warm blanket and hot cup of tea on a winter’s eve. But like a tea house, the variety of flavors (and blanket warmth levels?!) on display is what’s most impressive.
Guitarist Mike O’Malley notes that variety was very clearly the band’s intention:
“It was, of course, important that the record ran as a particular journey, although it wasn’t specifically written that way. I’m especially glad that you feel each song has a distinct vibe. I think it was unconsciously quite a big part of what we thought would make the album as a body of work interesting, shifting things track by track as we explore all these different environments in which to present these songs. I feel like some of the songs that didn’t end up featuring on the album were scrapped because they were too close in spirit to another song that had already featured, which felt like it wasn’t the best use of valuable space on there. There are also a lot of different ‘distances’ and rooms that you can hear throughout which are constantly morphing song to song or within the songs themselves.”
Watch the video for “Good morning” here:
For more from caroline, find them on Facebook, Instagram, and their official website.
Photo courtesy of caroline and Tom Whitso
