Cross-posted from This is That Song blog:
"Never Go Away" by Drowner.
If you only
listen to one song today, make it “Never Go Away” by Drowner (2012, from the Drowner
EP).
Drowner is a
dream-pop/post-rock/shoegaze quartet from Houston. They’ve been around for only
a couple of years, and they’re one of the emerging bands on the shoegaze and
dream-pop label Saint Marie Records.
Although this
song didn’t specifically come from the mailbag, my introduction to that Fort
Worth, Texas-based label was because of a mailbag submission a couple of weeks
ago. Since then, I’ve been loopy for that label and its amazing roster of
bands.
It all
started in about 2008, when guitarist Darren Emmanuel was trying out some new
sounds in an effort to launch a side project from his other bands. He was in a
dance-y electronic band called Swimming In, and a jazzy, trip-hoppy band called
Apples To Earth. I’ve never heard either of those bands, and my description of
them is based entirely on what I’ve read. Emmanuel wanted to do something that
accentuated his growing fascination with the shoegaze revival of the late
aughts, and that project eventually became Drowner. He brought in a full band,
including his longtime friend Anna Bouchard on vocals…
