The Clearwater Swimmers announced their Radio Flyer EP with the tremendous lead single "Landline." Today's new track, "Engine"? Also tremendous. The New England/New York band (an unholy alliance, per some) continue to be masters of twinkling slow-burn indie rock on this, which bandleader Sumner Bright bills as a companion to the prior single:
The sister song to Landline; it feels like the other spectrum of dreaming and of choosing not to - keeping things close to home. We wrote it in the same weekend that we wrote Landline but it took a us a long while to get the feeling right. I'm glad we stuck with it. The release of the chorus section always gives me a very strong reaction whenever we play it.
It's giving me a strong reaction too, Sumner. Listen below.
Radio Flyer is out 3/20. Pre-order it at Bandcamp, where "Engine" is available as a free download.
