Life is horribly dark right now.And yet, it is not unfunny.That’s the sentiment that animates WaterFrom Your Eyes on their new album, andfirst for Matador, ‘Everyone’s Crushed.’On the follow-up to the Brooklyn duo’s2021 breakthrough, ‘Structure,’ RachelBrown (they/them) and Nate Amos (he/him) find silliness and fatalism dancing ina frantic lockstep, using heart palpitatingrhythms and absurdist, deadpan lyrics toconvey stories of personal and societalunease. Described by Brown as WaterFrom Your Eyes’ most collaborative re-cord ever – and, as such, a kind of resetfor the pair, almost like a debut, despitetechnically being their sixth –it’s a swollen contusion of an album:experimental pop music that’s pretty andviolent, raw and indelible.
Life is horribly dark right now.And yet, it is not unfunny.That’s the sentiment that animates WaterFrom Your Eyes on their new album, andfirst for Matador, ‘Everyone’s Crushed.’On the follow-up to the Brooklyn duo’s2021 breakthrough, ‘Structure,’ RachelBrown (they/them) and Nate Amos (he/him) find silliness and fatalism dancing ina frantic lockstep, using heart palpitatingrhythms and absurdist, deadpan lyrics toconvey stories of personal and societalunease. Described by Brown as WaterFrom Your Eyes’ most collaborative re-cord ever – and, as such, a kind of resetfor the pair, almost like a debut, despitetechnically being their sixth –it’s a swollen contusion of an album:experimental pop music that’s pretty andviolent, raw and indelible.