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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.
    ***
    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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heart of Atsuko Chiba's sonic universe, where lush synth pads seep into the cracks of heavily distorted harmonies, swirling guitar riffs, and larger-than-life, booming percussion. Vast, expansive, and completely immersive, "Seeds" is an unforgettable introduction to the sprawling epic that is forthcoming full-length Water, It Feels Like It's Growing (January 20th, 2023 via Mothland).

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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

credits

from Water, It Feels Like It's Growing, track released October 11, 2022
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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

Written & produced by Atsuko Chiba
Engineered & mixed by Matthew Cerantola
Additional engineering by Sebastien Perry
Mastered by Richard Addison
String arrangements by Gabriel Desjardins

Artwork by Papernoise

© 2022. Atsuko Chiba. All rights reserved.
℗ 2022. Atsuko Chiba, under exclusive license to Mothland.

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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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