‘One Small Step’, the opening track on Water from Your Eyes’ latest album It’s a Beautiful Place, is a portal to a strange new world.
The New York-based duo of Nate Amos and Rachel Brown have long been attracted to weird and experimental sounds, but their latest record has themes of science fiction running throughout, coinciding with their most ambitious melding of different styles to date.
Once through that portal, a collage of synthetic ambience, wailing grunge riffs and even nu-metal-style drumming awaits you. Single ‘Life Signs’ marks the first time a Water from Your Eyes song has been made with the intention of a full band playing, with Al Nardo and Bailey Wollowitz of Fantasy of a Broken Heart having…