Bodywash — the Montreal-based dream pop duo of Rosie Long Decter and Chris Steward — have announced their signing to Vancouver's Light Organ Records. They've shared the news alongside a cathartic new single called "Kind of Light."
Although Long Decter has recently been releasing solo material as Una Rose, the new track marks the first new music from the pair since their 2019 debut album Comforter. COVID-19 inevitably cut their time touring the record short, but the longtime friends who first met at McGill University have spent the pandemic endeavouring into darker, more experimental sounds, which they brought into the studio with longtime drummer Ryan White and recording engineer Jace Lasek (Besnard Lakes).
"I wrote 'Kind of Light' in bed," Long Decter shared of the single in a statement. "It was the fall of 2018 and Chris and I were both going through experiences of learning not to trust what feels like home. He sent me a plugin for a new organ sound, suggesting it might provide inspiration. I sent him back chords, a kick pattern, and some vocals about trying to pull your legs back; trying to take your energy out of the wreckage and put it into yourself. The process of deciding what's worth keeping, what can be reworked and what gets tossed in the fire. A process that is devastating and also weirdly invigorating, because you can see new possibilities opening up in front of you. And you can start to look for light somewhere else."
The song encapsulates both the despair and hope that comes ahead of rebirth, likewise serving as a sonic reintroduction to Bodywash as rosy organ tones and a kick pulse shape-shift into squelching guitars and a kaleidoscopic wash of bass synths.
Check out the visualizer for "Kind of Light" below.
Although Long Decter has recently been releasing solo material as Una Rose, the new track marks the first new music from the pair since their 2019 debut album Comforter. COVID-19 inevitably cut their time touring the record short, but the longtime friends who first met at McGill University have spent the pandemic endeavouring into darker, more experimental sounds, which they brought into the studio with longtime drummer Ryan White and recording engineer Jace Lasek (Besnard Lakes).
"I wrote 'Kind of Light' in bed," Long Decter shared of the single in a statement. "It was the fall of 2018 and Chris and I were both going through experiences of learning not to trust what feels like home. He sent me a plugin for a new organ sound, suggesting it might provide inspiration. I sent him back chords, a kick pattern, and some vocals about trying to pull your legs back; trying to take your energy out of the wreckage and put it into yourself. The process of deciding what's worth keeping, what can be reworked and what gets tossed in the fire. A process that is devastating and also weirdly invigorating, because you can see new possibilities opening up in front of you. And you can start to look for light somewhere else."
The song encapsulates both the despair and hope that comes ahead of rebirth, likewise serving as a sonic reintroduction to Bodywash as rosy organ tones and a kick pulse shape-shift into squelching guitars and a kaleidoscopic wash of bass synths.
Check out the visualizer for "Kind of Light" below.
