Achingly tender and seductively schmaltzy, Catastrophe Child’s “Wine/Weapon” embraces love as an act of vulnerability and belief, pleasure and ache – showcasing the Chicago indie rock band’s sentimental facet within the lead-up to their debut EP, ‘Uncommon Hen.’
Stream: “Wine/Weapon” – Catastrophe Child
‘Wine/Weapon’ is a tune about caring for somebody by understanding the route they got here from, embracing vulnerability, and studying to belief.
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Chicago’s Catastrophe Child lovingly describe themselves as “nostalgia rock,” and after listening to their newest single, it’s no shock why.
Relating to his music, his lyrics, and even his feelings, singer/songwriter Seamus Kreitzer has one foot up to now and one within the current. This has been true ever since Catastrophe Child’s debut single “Your Room” launched in 2018, and but it’s on the band’s latest songs that Kreitzer’s penchant for wistful reflection and schmaltz are at their top – and all to nice impact. The achingly tender and nostalgic “Wine/Weapon” sees Catastrophe Child embracing love as an act of vulnerability and belief, pleasure and ache. They’re letting the sunshine in, recognizing that they’re going to get all that comes with it – together with just a little darkness – and that’s alright.
exit the bathe a fragile rose
dance in a towel
to a tune nobody is aware of
i appear to be a gentleman
i scent like a handbag
i could be a drama queen
enormous stains in my shirts
the cheek of my dad
extra bark than my chunk
holder your hand exterior
the frank lloyd wright
chapters and doorways
and inherited crime
i might discover yours then
should you might discover mine
love is a wine
love is studying your weapon
Atwood Journal is proud to be premiering “Wine/Weapon,” Catastrophe Child’s second (and ultimate) single off their upcoming debut EP, Uncommon Hen (out March 21st). Arriving on the heels of January’s dynamic and jangling “Interstate Runner,” the extra subdued “Wine/Weapon” captures the midwestern indie rock band’s softer, sweeter facet.
With Seamus Kreitzer on the helm, accompanied by Mason Stahl, Connor Criswell, Max Berg, and Andrew Tereick, “Wine/Weapon” is a comfortable and comforting musical blanket; a supply of soul-stirring heat and candid, considerate reflections on what it means to like somebody, and get all of them in return.
“‘Wine/Weapon’ is about embracing vulnerability and studying to belief,” Kreitzer tells Atwood Journal. “Comforted by delicate guitars and tender harmonies, Wine/Weapon staggers between loving somebody’s heat intoxication (Wine) and accepting their collateral harm (Weapon).”
“I wrote a lot of the tune straight after watching an episode of ‘The Final of Us.’ The writing stunned me emotionally, significantly the themes of studying to belief somebody.”
Whereas their verses seize life’s little, heartwarming moments of intimacy, togetherness, and connection, Catastrophe Child hit an emotional excessive within the refrain as, with wealthy vocal harmonies, they sing, “Love is a wine, love is studying your weapon.“
It’s a message crammed with depth and a touch of drama, and one which acknowledges the complexity – and in the end, the wonder – of loving somebody. A really soul-stirring show of “nostalgia rock” at its greatest, “Wine/Weapon” is an exquisite observe stuffed with uncooked emotion and genuine vulnerability, and the right tune to share with that particular somebody this Valentine’s Day.
Simply be certain that to focus extra on the wine than the weapon of all of it.
from the sting of my mattress
to the entrance of my knees
lay down your head
and that i’ll put you relaxed
heavy with you want some gauze on my leg
we pause and we play
we hit command save
when it’s your birthday i’ll write you a card
on the fourth of July we’ll sit on in my yard
i’d mislead you, you would possibly achieve this in sort
the concern of being open
the concern of being left behind
Stream Catastrophe Child’s “Wine/Weapon” solely on Atwood Journal, and keep tuned for extra to come back from the Chicago band as they gear as much as launch their debut EP.
Hailed as a “assortment of notices and observations written with meticulous endurance” and an “try to digest the current second in an attention-demanding world,” Uncommon Hen is out March 21st!
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