{"id":40902,"date":"2024-10-23T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=40902"},"modified":"2024-10-20T08:39:40","modified_gmt":"2024-10-20T12:39:40","slug":"seafoam-walls-share-rapids-single-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=40902","title":{"rendered":"Seafoam Walls share \u2018Rapids\u2019 single + video"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Miami\u2019s\u00a0Seafoam<strong> <\/strong>Walls\u00a0have just released their sophomore LP\u00a0\u2018Standing Too Close To The Elephant In The Room\u2019\u00a0via\u00a0Don Dia. The record is a sweeping evolution of the band\u2019s knotty mix of jazz, shoegaze, rock, hip-hop, and Afro-Caribbean rhythms \u2014 self-dubbed \u2018Caribbean jazzgaze\u2019 \u2014 first displayed on their debut LP\u00a0\u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/girlieaction.us1.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=1d59aca4aeedaab429816159e&amp;id=c22fb831b6&amp;e=3a430a552a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">XVI<\/a>\u2019\u00a0(via Thurston Moore\u2019s The Daydream Library Series).\u00a0<br><br>Seafoam Walls shared the new album\u2019s final new single and video <em>Rapids<\/em>. First premiered via\u00a0FLOOD Magazine,\u00a0the track\u2019s fittingly aqueous groove carries a murky web of hypnotic mantra-like vocals that give the song a captivatingly contradictory effect of sounding equally comforting and unsettling. Lead singer\u00a0Jayan Bertrand\u00a0explains,\u00a0<em>&#8220;Rapids is short for white water rapids. A fast-moving body of water that cares or waits for no living being. I see time in a similar way. Society will progress without you if you get stuck in your ways. It helps to be as fluid as the times allow.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Rapids<\/em>: <a href=\"https:\/\/girlieaction.us1.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=1d59aca4aeedaab429816159e&amp;id=9d4b425383&amp;e=3a430a552a\">Listen<\/a><strong>\u00a0\/\u00a0<\/strong>Watch the video clip via YouTube below <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xuHWVF2Z_SQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Not only does\u00a0\u2018Standing Too Close To The Elephant In The Room\u2019 showcase Seafoam Walls&#8217; evolution as musicians, but it also solidifies their reputation as boundary-pushing artists, inviting the listener to experience their music through a Technicolor mist of experimental influences and instrumentation. Demonstrating their commitment to full artistic autonomy, the band \u2014 rounded out by\u00a0Dion Kerr,\u00a0Josh Ewers, and\u00a0Josue Vargas\u00a0\u2014\u00a0 took on the role of self-producers once again, shaping an album that rewards those who revel in its sweeping soundscapes as it delves deeper into questioning the trappings of modern society and all of the contradictions it entails.\u00a0<br>\u00a0<br>The album\u2019s title is a metaphor for the often overlooked but significant challenges and complexities that people face in their lives, and a warning about getting caught up in the details at the risk of missing the bigger picture. As Jayan explains,<em>\u00a0&#8220;Everyone has an elephant in the room; an obvious problem in their life that everyone, including the person affected, knowingly looks past. BUT, I say that one is standing too close because the problem is more complex and their vision is too obstructed to see the bigger picture. So viewers are providing skewed perspectives of the same problem. It\u2019s an illustration of the areas in which intersectionality fails to meet.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em><br>\u00a0<br>Heady music for heady times. A moment that Seafoam Walls is all too ready to meet.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/91F7AA3C-0077-4BA2-BE5C-CCFDC6D02E88.jpeg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"584\" height=\"582\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/91F7AA3C-0077-4BA2-BE5C-CCFDC6D02E88.jpeg?resize=584%2C582\" alt=\"Seafoam Walls Standing Too Close To  The Elephant In The Room cover artwork \" class=\"wp-image-40771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/91F7AA3C-0077-4BA2-BE5C-CCFDC6D02E88.jpeg?w=584 584w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/91F7AA3C-0077-4BA2-BE5C-CCFDC6D02E88.jpeg?resize=300%2C300 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/91F7AA3C-0077-4BA2-BE5C-CCFDC6D02E88.jpeg?resize=150%2C150 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018<strong><u>Standing Too Close To The Elephant In The Room\u2019\u00a0track list<\/u><\/strong><br>1. Humanitarian Pt. I<br>2.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/girlieaction.us1.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=1d59aca4aeedaab429816159e&amp;id=63ed7a206a&amp;e=3a430a552a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Humanitarian Pt. II<\/a><br>3. Stretch Marks<br>4.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/girlieaction.us1.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=1d59aca4aeedaab429816159e&amp;id=4cfcb97f25&amp;e=3a430a552a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rapids<\/a><br>5. Hurricane Humble<br>6.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/seafoam-walls-announce-new-lp-standing-too-close-to-the-elephant-in-the-room\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Seafoam Walls announce new LP \u2018Standing Too Close To The Elephant In The Room\u2019\">Cabin Fever<\/a><br>7. Sad Bop<br>8. 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