Seryn - "River Song"

Words // Adam Sharp

The other day I got to open the windows in our place knowing that they wouldn't need to be shut again anytime soon (except for those especially cold nights) for the first time in a few months. It's among my favorite feelings each spring and fall, a sort of liberation from the stale, dank air we've had to sit in for the last few months. As with all occasions, some music is absolutely meant to be played when the outside air is welcomed back in again. Seryn's This Is Where We Are is an album that sounds perfectly suited to soundtrack such an occasion (and has now done so twice this year for me).

Seryn - River Song

Seryn write big, swelling, joyous songs, the kind that build and burst and somehow reform into something even more infectious within the same song. Soaring harmonies, movements reminiscent of orchestra pieces, banjos, handclaps, loud/soft dynamics- you name it, they are doing it, and they are doing it all in a way that will have you tapping your toes (or, more likely, stomping your feet). There's a little bit of everything I'm listening to in their songs, but they sound like no one else in my library.  "River Song" is a pretty perfect representation of how Seryn operates.

Seryn’s debut album, This Is Where We Are, is one of the finest albums released this year, so you need to make sure you check it out. They also did a wonderful Daytrotter session not too long ago, which you should head over and download. Enjoy.

BONUS: "We Will All Be Changed" is the first song I ever heard from Seryn, and it remains one of the best things I've heard this year without a doubt.

Seryn - We Will All Be Changed