Surfbort’s New Album ‘Keep On Truckin’ Is A Punk Declaration Of How ‘We’re All In This Together’ I’ll never forget what the sun looked like that day. I thought about this concept a lot for “The Next Curse.” The spoken part was written during this horrible fire in LA the first summer of the pandemic. For the score for Hitchcock’s Vertigo, Bernard Herrmann uses the whole tone scale to mirror the experience of having vertigo- both lack a center of gravity, a core magnet that orients you home. This can be done with film scores as well. “I have always been fascinated by the concept of the ‘pathetic fallacy,'” Leah tells HollywoodLife, “which is a term used for when an environment in literature mirrors the internal state of a character. This moment, perhaps the loudest and grungiest on Parallel Timeline, becomes even more poignant after learning what went into the track’s creation. “The Next Curse” has these two powerful voices flicker like two flames from the internal and external blaze sung about in the song (“Earth’s gonna set on fire / But still I wait”). In the middle of the group’s excellent new album, lead singer and bandleader Leah Wellbaum shares the spotlight with Lzzy Hale of modern rock juggernauts Halestorm. Parallel Timeline, the new album from alt-rock band Slothrustand their first since 2018’s The Pact, only has one featured appearance, but it’s a doozy. Search Hollywood Life Search Trending Navigation Trending Do these things exist? Can we ever really know them? Since this song came to me while I was staring at the ocean, it only felt right to explore this idea with nature, and also with mirrors.Latest Hollywood Celebrity & Entertainment News Primary Menu Menu Close Menu I have always been interested in the intersection of destiny, and free will. Sometimes we just aren’t quite sure which self it is, or how to get there. But the truth is, what we are really looking for lives within. So many times when we are searching we are looking outside of ourselves because it is the only way we know. On the video, she adds, “This video is about an epic search. For me that feeling of oneness often shows up when I am spending time in nature.” However after sitting with it for a while I have come to the conclusion that this song was meant for me and it is about the search for a greater consciousness in times of chaos. At times I even wondered if it might be suited for a different artist. It is not the easiest song to sing or explain. I have a unique relationship with this song because it felt like it came through me more than from me, though I recognize that really there is no difference. I didn’t have an instrument with me that week so I sang what I had into my phone notes and carried on with my day, almost forgetting about it entirely. The bass line arrived first, and then the melody and the lyrics came at the same time. It came to me when I was sitting on some rocks and staring at one of my favorite oceans in the world, on Star Island off the coast of Rye, New Hampshire. “This song felt like it was handed to me by the ocean. The video that mirrors the song’s love for the ocean and questions the mysticism and duality of self and through a quest for meaning - and it comes complete with yet another epic guitar solo from Slothrust bandleader Leah Wellbaum. Slothrust have dropped a new video for “Once More For The Ocean.” The single is off their forthcoming release Parallel Timeline, available on Septemvia Dangerbird Records.
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