"Endless Room" on a very limited 180gram 12" vinyl record.
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‘Native Birds’ is short and poppy, like Babare’s earlier work, but sonically lush, with horns, synth and electronic miscellanea weaving together to create a melodic lead worthy of Brian Wilson or Jim O’Rourke. Lyrically, every line folds gently into the next, in an approach figurative, melancholic, generous and wry. The song foreshadows the themes that plot a line through his forthcoming album – family, obligation, and how the natural world haunts our atomised existences in ways both terrible and sublime. This is never an academic exercise for Babare, though; as with the best pop music he never labours the point, but refracts something weird and vital through its familiar form.
The accompanying clip captures innate warmth of Native Birds by Babare and his dog frolicking around wildly, sharing a mutual joy in having nothing to do but revel in each other's company. His nuanced lyricism and infectious choruses are met with the nostalgic love between a man and his doggo, enjoying fruitful romps through abandoned cityscapes and warehouses.
Pascal on Native Birds: "For Native Birds, I wanted to write a simple summer pop song that condensed some of the main themes of Endless Room. Specifically: family, the natural world, and growing up in the suburbs. Musically, it’s kind of an homage to the late 90s & early 00s hits I was listening to in my mid teens, and some of my fave bands of that era (including The Microphones, Jim O’Rourke, Broadcast, and Pavement). I was also listening to a lot of awful chillout compilations around that time thanks to a heavy pot addiction, and I’d like to explicitly not pay homage to those. "
credits
from Endless Room,
track released March 7, 2018
Written & performed by Pascal Babare
Backing Vocals performed by Elizabeth Mitchell (Totally Mild), Leyla Varela, Lucy Roleff, Alex Badham, Pete Nicholson, James Allen, Tommy Spender & Mark Mitchell
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