REVIEW & INTERVIEW: THE LOVESEATS ‘Waves’ & ‘WOBBLES’
The city of Fresno is often overshadowed by Los Angeles and the Bay Area. From natural scenery to its unique artistic environment, it subtly influenced, inspired, and nurtured the sound of The Loveseats.
Waves & Wobbles was created around the same time as Rough Seas. The band carried out their signature wavy beats from Rought Seas and further developed into a more defining nautical reference. “We were interested in creating a continuous narrative that would carry a story between each subsequent release that could later be paired with animated visuals,” said The Loveseats.
Waves & Wobbles is a narrative project split into two by Venn diagram, absorbing influences and drawing inspirations from nature, the city, and the regional environment. The storyline intertwines and engages intuitively between Waves and Wobbles as it naturally unveils. From scratch to the bones to evolving on its own, their craftmanship has transformed itself into a unique experience in Waves & Wobbles -- each listening experience is an adventure and a journey inward.
The story of Waves & Wobbles revolves around a positive resolution after chaos and turbulence. It reflects on a karmic past life romance and substance abuse with the eventual acceptance and peace. “Waves overall has a lighter, more determined feeling and sets the scene and environment of the story. Wobbles has a much heavier feel, with deeper bass and steamier atmospheres, and contains what we feel is the climax of the story between The Descent and The Clearing,” said The Loveseats.
In a peaceful environment accompanied by low dose psychedelics, Waves & Wobbles took form. “Our process starts as a conversation and sometimes builds on itself with no conversation at all,” the band said, “in typical jazz fashion, we feed off the feeling of the tune using the rhythm to drive energy, which influences the vocal and lyrical approach.”
Instead of a traditional approach, two halves of each song were created separately but synced and layered on top of each other later on during editing and mixing. “Using two separate processing units for both the writing process and live playback, we can build bigger, more intricate beats without weighing down a single cpu,” the band commented, “the entire process was an incredible experience, and we were so blown away by the end result.”
Being in a city that nobody likes also brings perspectives into the struggle of the undiscovered independent artist. “We live in a city nobody likes, a city which is home to some incredible talent that we feel is overlooked and overshadowed by Los Angeles and the Bay Area,” said The Loveseats. The bizarre, astonishing artworks for Waves & Wobbles were designed by Ukrainian collage artist Kateryna Berezovska. The band proudly supports gifted independent artists through commissioning artworks for each release.
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