In the face of an AI pop tsunami, hope remains, and it seems that real indie bands are also making a quiet to confronting comeback this year. I for one am fully tuned in for it.
Enter Casey Dienel, with a lush old-school indie tune – something like shoegaze meets Americana, only modest, minimalist, a hazy guitar tone and reverb-drenched vocals, painting a series of original images and reflections.
Your Girl’s Upstairs is interesting, comforting to listen to, lyrically enjoyable but leaving plenty of space for a stripped-back instrumental groove to simply work its magic, and at only two minutes and thirty-one seconds in full, the song rightfully leaves you keen to replay it – just to check back in with the vibe, try once more to piece together the story, and appreciate the raw integrity and character of Casey Dienel the artist.
A real pleasure to stumble upon – a catchy tune, beautifully written in an original way, with a touch of nostalgia but something more refreshingly authentic to root it in modern freedom.
Raw indie vibes, lush vocals, distortion and softness humbly intertwined – and there’s a dog in the video. What’s not to like?
“Don’t be mad
Your girl was with me again
Even though she likes to say we’re just friends
With your sad-boy tattoos and wide-swinging moods
Do you blame her for wanting fun now and then?
She played house, played dead
Played anything to keep your head from crying
Crying
But I can’t steal something you never had.”
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