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Artist Name: Bizner
Who Are They: Indie folk trio from Atlanta.
Members
Amy Godwin – Guitar/Vocals
Drew Fitchette – Bass/Guitar
Paul Stevens – Drums/Percussion/Piano
Sounds Like: Bizner’s debut album, Post Turtle, is haunted by the passing of time. Listeners will hear traces of Adrienne Lenker and other indie folkers, but there’s no question that the trio’s dynamic orchestration and attention to detail put them in their own category. Without putting too fine of a point on it: it’s my kind of shit.
Releases: Post Turtle was released last November and is available on Bandcamp.
Mandatory Listening: Amy Godwin’s lyrics are brazen and catchy ruminations on life, death, and the importance of how we spend the time between. It’s introspective, yeah, but it’s also damn groovy. Along with Drew Fitchette and Paul Stevens, Bizner’s songs exist in a Kodachrome realm, suspicious of the suburbs but hemmed in by the constant thrum of anxiety. Take “Not the Same,” which aches with the world-weariness of More Adventurous-era Jenny Lewis: “Drinking on red wine, talking with sad eyes / moving to a home you’d never choose / raising a family with the war on the TV / trying to outlive what’s taken you.” It could sound so despairing and yet Fichette’s lead guitar urges the song to keep moving. It feels a lot like life, in that it never slows down enough to really grieve. Instead, the incessant call of obligation drags you forward.
Post Turtle came out after our most recent heartbreaker election. Personally, I got a lot of joy from disassociating from its sunny warmth. Like, we’re not all bad. Some of us are Bizner.
More Info
Bandcamp: bizner.bandcamp.com
Instagram: @biznerband