Bloomsday's second album is a tapestry of acoustic melodies full of warmth and community, care and a corporeal oneness.
Iris James Garrison’s second album is a tapestry of acoustic melodies so full of warmth that they act like traveling companions on what would otherwise be a lonely trek.There is always at least one moment, in the middle of a childhood sleepover, where something clicks into place: A thought comes out in the high of a late night, widened by the comfort of friendship; a resurfaced memory, or a feeling that is ready to unfurl, energized by a circle of care.
Other truths have a hazier gauze. “Dollar Slice” is a swinging, sobering ballad that’s part-religious epiphany, part-city-living lament. Here, Garrison comes across God in the most nightmarishly of mundane New Yorker activities and reckons with the hectic ego rush that the city tends to induce in you when you’ve lived there long enough. “Validation, vices, temptations,” Garrison lists off, before letting out a cry to preserve their own sanity: “Cog in a wheel trapped in a simulation.
But it’s on “Artichoke” where Garrison seems to more clearly channel that wandering, childhood self who’s desperate to not only seek truth from friends but to share their own authenticity. Guitars flicker and soft hand drumming crackles like a low campfire, as Garrison sings softly with a light smile. Their musings may not be fully formed, but they come from somewhere strong, sturdy with a bit of fleshy softness. “We’ll make a big mess, throw it on the floor,” they sing.
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