Check Out Alyeska’s Glimmering New Song “EverGlow”
As reported in early January, we were seriously wowed by LA indie band Alyeska’s song Medicine River. Now comes Alyeska’s superb follow-up, the track EverGlow, which you can listen to below. Once again revered producer John Agnello (Kurt Vile, Phosphorescent, Hop Along, Alvvays, etc.) is at the production helm (as he will be on their debut album to be released this summer).
While Medicine River set the bar incredibly high, EverGlow doesn’t disappoint. We love the chiming, metronomic opening, Alaska Reid’s stirring, soulful vocals (of course), the grungy guitar crunch, and the frantic drum attacks to close. The song’s lyrics also are a cut-above (see at bottom). Reid laments “I’ve got a headache and a heartbreak,” but then cruxes: “Feels like change.” The poet’s soul lives.
EverGlow
“Ain’t nothing like,
driving through the rain.
I see all the soaked colors
and it’s heavier than cocaine.
I’ve got a headache and a heartbreak.
It feels like change.
And you smile up all toothy in the ever glowing, golden rain.
And you smile up all toothy in the ever glowing, golden rain.
I can’t let you,
keep me wishing.
I can’t let you,
keep me wishing.
Neon liquor lights,
my siren in the rain.
There’s been a cloud in my head,
but its just a stain.
I’ve got a headache and a heartbreak.
It feels like change.
I can’t let you,
keep me wishing.
I can’t let you,
keep me wishing.
Everglow, Everglow,
Everglow, Everglow,
Everglow, Everglow.”