Anyone who has attended a Warehouse show knows the band follows firmly in the ecstatic steps of Pylon, but their debut album Tesseract was more angular than jubilant. Their new single “Reservoir,” however, displays a willingness to capture the twist and shout energy of their live shows in a manner which doesn’t compromise the tangled artistry which made them darlings of the Atlanta scene and notable upstarts nationally.
The new track is a natural progression for Warehouse, but Elaine Edenfield’s gravelly vocals stand out as a point of growth for the band. Her signature yowls remain, but more than ever they are filled with thunderous yearning and an emotional fortitude sorely missing throughout the art rock world. In keeping with Edenfield’s cleaner vocals, the guitars on “Reservoir” are dreamier than those on Tesseract, glimmering above Josh Hughes’ pointed bassline.
“Reservoir” is the first track to be released from Warehouse’s upcoming LP Super Low. It premiered via NPR, a telling sign both of the group’s growing popularity, and their newfound linear sound. Don’t expect the album to suffer a complete void of abstract punk riffs though; the disorderly tendencies which made the band so interesting still exist within “Reservoir,” they’ve just evolved from dense mazes into a substantially nimble track.
Super Low is out September 30 via Bayonet Records. Pre-orders are available here.
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