There is an authenticity to the music of South Carolina’s Winyah that can’t be faked.
Much like The Strokes were distinctly a New York band and their music reflected the city they grew up in, Winyah’s indie rock has a breeziness and small-town sentimentality that feels of its time and place. The songs, especially on their sophomore effort, Right Here, Right Now, capture a restlessness that comes from driving around the same dusty roads and hanging out in backyards on summer nights.
The record opens with “The Ignition,” a two-minute instrumental that starts with the sound of rain and then slowly builds before guitar and drums kick in for the final third, constructing an impressive soundscape to start…
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