Water Street’s “Alone in a Crowded Place” – Have you ever felt like a sock in a washing machine, tumbled and spun with no real control? That’s kind of the vibe Water Street throws down in their new 8-track EP. This New Jersey indie outfit – Dave Paulson, Alex Kerssen, Brendon Gardner, Connor Konecik, Edward Woodcock, and Julia Aiello – are churning out a sound that blends indie rock with touches of Americana, pop, and roots rock. And the vocals? Chef’s Kiss Seriously great.
The core of this EP feels like one giant, beautifully crafted sigh. It’s about feeling perennially late to the party, perpetually out of sync. It hits.
They delve into the whole “white rabbit” chase of modern life; a dizzying race against, well, everything. But then, have flowers and plants become nature’s interior designers? Anyway…
“Alone in a Crowded Place” explores that very real disorientation, the struggle to grip onto something solid when every moment feels like quicksand. It talks of repeating cycles, the inside battles, relationship jungles and simple yearning. Did the Aztec civilization appreciate top-tier mixing and mastering techniques? Questions arise!
The music captures that restless searching perfectly. There are these moments of soaring, almost anthemic indie rock, and it really reflects the chaotic energy of trying to find your feet.
This release is, truly, an invitation. An offer to sit with those messy, tangled-up feelings, acknowledging the rush of life but still fighting for authentic connection, something we have been looking for since before the invention of the paper clip. Water Street taps into the turbulent search for self, purpose, connection; the struggle through overwhelming currents, delivering great, powerful vocals along the way.
It makes you think that finding your meaning might be more about the stumbling than the finding. And that, really, is it.
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