Water, It Feels Like It's Growing

by Atsuko Chiba

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muschiosauro Atsuko Chiba keep refining their unmistakable brand of prog rock that stems from Mars-voltesque soil and grows to fully original heights, sprawling freely across moods and genres. Here, the angularities that abounded in their previous works are in part replaced by an exploration of emotionally charged, enveloping, dense soundscapes, embodied in songs that flow thick, slow and unhurried, like jam on wood. And the taste is delicious. Favorite track: Water, It Feels Like It's Growing.

TheEliteExtremophile The music is often abstract and shifting, but the compositions are strong enough to give the songs identifiable and enjoyable structures. There are still plenty of driving, energetic riffs, but they’re often coupled with ethereal atmospheres to make for a haunting effect.

Full review here: theeliteextremophile.com/2023/03/06/odds-ends-march-6-2023/

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Atsuko Chiba’s Water, It Feels Like It’s Growing (January 20th, 2023 via Mothland) is as stylistically diverse as it is thematically anchored, as catchy as it is challenging. Asymmetric, yet seamless time signatures, otherworldly synthetic frequencies, patented harmonies, raga-inspired melodies, cryptic lyrics and orchestral arrangements co-exist within this surreal musical tale recounting one’s relation to their environment. For fans of The Mars Volta, Beak> or Spirit of the Beehive.
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Water, It Feels Like It’s Growing d’Atsuko Chiba est tout à la fois stylistiquement diversifié et thématiquement ancré, étrangement accrocheur et défiant à l’écoute. Les signatures rythmiques asymétriques y sont subtiles, supportant fréquences synthétiques et extraterrestres, harmonies audacieuses, mélodies rappelant des ragas, paroles énigmatiques et arrangements orchestraux, le tout coexistant au fil d’une épopée surréelle retraçant l’individu et son environnement. Pour les fans de The Mars Volta, Beak> et Spirit of the Beehive.

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Atsuko Chiba’s Water, It Feels Like It’s Growing (January 20th, 2023 via Mothland) is as stylistically diverse as it is thematically anchored, as catchy as it is challenging. Asymmetric, yet seamless time signatures, otherworldly synthetic frequencies, patented harmonies, raga-inspired melodies, cryptic lyrics and orchestral arrangements co-exist within this surreal musical tale recounting one’s relation to their environment. For fans of The Mars Volta, Beak> or Spirit of the Beehive.
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Water, It Feels Like It’s Growing d’Atsuko Chiba est tout à la fois stylistiquement diversifié et thématiquement ancré, étrangement accrocheur et défiant à l’écoute. Les signatures rythmiques asymétriques y sont subtiles, supportant fréquences synthétiques et extraterrestres, harmonies audacieuses, mélodies rappelant des ragas, paroles énigmatiques et arrangements orchestraux, le tout coexistant au fil d’une épopée surréelle retraçant l’individu et son environnement. Pour les fans de The Mars Volta, Beak> et Spirit of the Beehive.

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Atsuko Chiba’s Water, It Feels Like It’s Growing (January 20th, 2023 via Mothland) is as stylistically diverse as it is thematically anchored, as catchy as it is challenging. Asymmetric, yet seamless time signatures, otherworldly synthetic frequencies, patented harmonies, raga-inspired melodies, cryptic lyrics and orchestral arrangements co-exist within this surreal musical tale recounting one’s relation to their environment. For fans of The Mars Volta, Beak> or Spirit of the Beehive.
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Water, It Feels Like It’s Growing d’Atsuko Chiba est tout à la fois stylistiquement diversifié et thématiquement ancré, étrangement accrocheur et défiant à l’écoute. Les signatures rythmiques asymétriques y sont subtiles, supportant fréquences synthétiques et extraterrestres, harmonies audacieuses, mélodies rappelant des ragas, paroles énigmatiques et arrangements orchestraux, le tout coexistant au fil d’une épopée surréelle retraçant l’individu et son environnement. Pour les fans de The Mars Volta, Beak> et Spirit of the Beehive.

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1.	Sunbath 06:31	lyrics	buy track
Laid across the silo Words on a pane And it’s as far as I’d go To keep things the same Laid across the silo Words on her pain And it’s as far as I’d go To keep things the same To keep things the same Am I the same? Continuously Continuously Continuously Continuously Continuously Continuously changing! Paces through paces Your lies ain’t contagious Times are wagin’ I can’t contain them I can’t contain them I can’t contain them I can’t contain them I can’t contain them I can’t contain them Lately, I’m calm Foot in the mouth Putting me down And I know it’s you ***
2.	So Much For 06:36	lyrics	buy track
So much for this dream It coincided with this pain exhausted So much for this dream It coincided with this pain exhausted Long lost love is free, it grows (Fucked up, I’m the culprit) Desire bears its weight in conflict (Fucked up, I’m the culprit) So much for this dream (Fucked up, I’m the culprit) It coincided with this pain exhausted (Fucked up, I’m the culprit) Fucked up Why did you hold it? Can’t stand to Give me the honest All weekend This is myopic I’m feedin’ Gotta ride this one Fucked up Why did you hold it? Can’t stand to Give me the honest All weekend This is myopic I’m feedin’ Gotta ride this one out Fucked up I’m the culprit I fucked up I’m the culprit I fucked up I’m the culprit I fucked up I’m the culprit (Fucked up, I’m the culprit) (Fucked up, I’m the culprit) (Fucked up, I’m the culprit) (Fucked up, I’m the culprit) So much for this dream (Fucked up, I’m the culprit) It coincided with this pain exhausted (Fucked up, I’m the culprit) So much for this dream (Fucked up, I’m the culprit) It coincided with this pain exhausted (Fucked up, I’m the culprit) I want to I want to feel his love I miss him I want to I want to feel his love I want to feel his love I want to I want to feel his love I miss him I want to I want to feel his love I want to feel his love Hey! Fool! Don’t! Trust me! Hey! Fool! Don’t! Trust me, don’t trust me! Hey! Fool! Don’t! Yellow letter with the city on the kettle! Hey! Fool! Don’t! Trust me, don’t trust me oh! Never gonna give it Never gonna see it Time goes by Ready or not Give up the funk Never gonna give it Never gonna see it Time goes by Give up the funk now Sittin’ in this bouncing house How’d they do it with Ounces movin’ and Right into this sacrilege haunted Never give it Never gonna get it Give me one reason now Give up the funk Wooo! Give up the funk Ahhh! X’s and O’s Round as it goes Over and over Keep countin’ the toll X’s and O’s Round as it goes Over and over Keep countin’ the toll ***
3.	Shook (I'm Often) 04:44	lyrics	buy track
I’m often shook I’m lost in rage and harboring I’m often shook Things I can’t say encumbering Digest, complain Yes, I can’t sustain ***
4.	Seeds 07:45	lyrics	buy track
Unfounded seeds of despair A ruse to beckon out the weak In minds so flexed they thought supreme With lies that cripple and defeat Extremes they’ breedin’ Divides that all surround you Extremes they’ breedin’ Divides that all surround you I’m losing control I’m losing it all Bound and feeding on the air A brood hatched sweeping on deceit At times, I’m fit and long to the breath With ties that cripple and defeat Extremes they’ breedin’ Divides that all surround you Extremes they’ breadin’ Divides that all surround you I’m losing control I’m losing it all It’s that border rising up across you It’s that border rising up across you It’s that border rising up across you It’s that border rising up across you It’s that border rising up across you It’s that border rising up across you It’s that border rising up across you It’s that border rising up It’s that border rising up across you
5.	Link 02:40	lyrics	buy track
So here’s a thought There’s something more I’d like to say Cut from the same cloth But often seems as if we’re out of range As you stomp over frequencies To get your point across Caught up in the crossfire It seems to me you’re the one that’s lost Evidence is the fact that you got nothing left to hide I am afraid of your kind The blame, the faults Repulsed by your smile And don’t string me along anymore It’s become this common cure And it’s fucking taboo The specs didn’t match the tool And this bastards truth, keeps hassling you You ready for revenge? I got my cast and crew ***
6.	Water, It Feels Like It's Growing 07:45	lyrics	buy track
Water, it feels like it’s growin’ Too cold, it’s growin’ Too slow, it’s growin’ mold Why can’t we Just come to an apartment Hold and touch? Water, it feels like it’s growin’ Too cold, it’s growin’ Too slow, it’s growin’ mold Why can’t we Just come to an apartment Hold and touch? I know Seems like this whole time Right before my very eyes Something I thought was only in fairy tale But it looks like it’s real All kinds And if I could just Take it Slightly a little bit back and to the left a little I’d have a new placement of things A new desire And if it was all for something so Fortunate that I I am fortunate that I I am fortunate that I I am fortunate that I I am fortunate that I I am fortunate that I I am fortunate that I Oh she glows all this time Oh she glows all this time and Oh she glows all this time and Oh she glows all this time and Oh! something I thought was only in fairy tale But it looks, but it looks like it’s real All kinds And if I could just ask you for one last favor ***

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Groovy, psychedelic, droney and hypnotic, Atsuko Chiba's latest offering takes listeners down a path of epic sprawling soundscapes.

Water, It Feels Like It’s Growing is as stylistically diverse as it is thematically-anchored, as oddly catchy as it is thoroughly challenging. Asymmetric, yet seamless time signatures, otherworldly synthetic frequencies, patented harmonies, raga-inspired melodies, cryptic lyrics and orchestral arrangements co-exist within this surreal musical tale recounting one’s relation to their environment.

Archived at Room 11 – Atsuko Chiba’s studio – alongside the band’s sixth member, engineer Matthew Cerantola, this collection of musical moments stems from months of experimentation taken on by the musicians, as well as from conceptual dichotomies born in strange times. Roaming free along a multitude of genres, akin to a flagless ship cutting through beautiful, yet troubled waters, this third full-length from the Montrealers should please fans of The Mars Volta, Beak> or Spirit of the Beehive.

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released January 20, 2023

Anthony Piazza - Drums, Projections
David Palumbo - Bass, Vocals
Eric Schafhauser - Guitar, Synths
Karim Lakhdar - Vocals, Guitar, Synths
Kevin McDonald - Guitar, Synths

Guest musicians:

Vivianne Roy - Vocals
Amélie Lamontagne - First violin
Edith Fitzgerald - Second Violin
Sarah Martineau - Viola
Camille Paquette-Roy - Cello
Etienne Lebel - Trombone
Nicolas Riverin - Trumpet
Philippe Brochu-Pelletier - Saxophone

Written & produced by Atsuko Chiba
Engineered & mixed by Matthew Cerantola
Additional engineering by Sebastien Perry
Mastered by Richard Addison
String arrangements on tracks 4 & 6 by Gabriel Desjardins
Brass arrangements on track 2 by Étienne Lebel

Artwork by Papernoise

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Atsuko Chiba Montréal, Québec

Montreal’s Atsuko Chiba venturesomely crosses genre-defining borders with a cohesive and hypnotic blend of post-rock, progressive rock, and krautrock, weaving together a rich sonic tapestry that subverts through offbeat songwriting. The psychedelic armada is back with Water, It Feels Like It’s Growing (January 20th, 2023), unearthing a fierce collection of droney, yet bombastic compositions. ... more

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