Gravenhurst - Trust (Warp)
4/5
By: Charlie Potter
There are a good few bands milling about currently who make a sound reminiscent of late eighties and early nineties bands. Most of the acts I'm talking about can be sonically traced back to massive indie stalwarts, such as My Bloody Valentine or The Smiths. They've usually taken the most noticeable traits of these bands and accentuated them, particularly the neo-Valentine acts, who can be even more floaty in their floatiness than MBV ever actually laid on record.
But I get the feeling that Gravenhurst intimately know the inner workings of the various melodic tendencies and production traits of a plethora of much more obscure bands, and as such their sound has a much more resonant effect. It's almost as if they sound as much like the Lightning Seeds as either of The Smiths or My Bloody Valentine, but they're also obviously far better than the Lightning Seeds. Why? Well, I don't know, they're just less garishly poppy - Gravenhurst certainly don't have a football anthem up their sleeve.
'Trust' is a great song. 'Trust' is a sit in your low-lit room and think sort of song. 'Trust' is a sort of, yeah, I can think about stuff and still be a normal person song. It's dead simple, too - there are only two bits to it, but the vocals are so sincerely executed that you shan't notice. I disagree with him when he sings / states that 'trust is a hard thing to come by these days', but I still feel the sentiment in quite a profound way, and that's the point.
Most of the genius here is held in that age old interplay between man and guitar, the chord changes often being followed by a vocal part to re punctuate the lift in the song. The resulting effect is a very smooth and gentle yet powerful lifting and then descending pattern, much like sitting out in the swell of the ocean on a surf board.
Gravenhurst have made a great, solid, traditional song for people who appreciate candles, thinking, and being on their own.
Watch the video to 'Trust' HERE.
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