Lore City - "Animate"

“Animate” by the Portland Art-Rock group Lore City is another incredibly strong entry into their canon. From their new 7” Under Way the duo create a deeply hypnotic, dark wave crawl through a deeply mysterious resonant piano, steady percussion and Laura Mariposa William’s commanding vocals. It’s great to see the duo return with such a strong track after a high watermark with Participation Mystique out last year.

From the press release: “Oneness. Whether you like it or not. Creeping up on you. Morse code tapping you on the shoulder. Runoff into the sea. A little bell ringing. Windchimes singing from forces unseen. I wanna believe. I animate these bones, for you. A paper skeleton on Halloween dangling from the front door. Animate, animate. Shuddering and twitching with your comings and goings. The thresholds we know. Everyone in their own little box, moving between containers. Remembering the orange glow of old sodium vapor streetlamps, and simultaneously, the terror of noticing that your heart is constantly beating. The fading roar of airplanes overhead, rerouted. Suddenly you can see the flashing red and white lights out of the corner of your eye, every night, from your bed.”