Dumb Waiter “Change”
Stream the new title track “Change”
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Richmond noise-rock outliers Dumb Waiter return
with Change (July 31,
@osseincollective ), a 13-track shift for the underground favorites,
introducing vocals for the first time while maintaining the band’s experimental sensibilities.
A preview arrives today with the release of the album’s title track, and an accompanying video
directed by the band’s own Nicholas Crider. “Over the past few years I’ve gone through a lot of major life events. With each one, I’ve found myself lying awake thinking ‘I’m afraid of change. Please let’s not change. Please don’t change on me.’ No matter how desperate you are to stay put, life will push you forward. The lyric ‘I don’t like change’ feels like one of the most universal, simple, and honest things I could say. Despite that fear, I’m learning to lean into who I am, and I’m less afraid of stepping out of the proverbial uniforms that society, scenes, friends and family may impose. It feels like a perfect statement for the band’s newly formed identity.”
Previously described by Decibel as “experimental freakies,” and by MetalSucks as a band “that
isn’t pushing the envelope so much as shoving it right over the side of a goddamn cliff,” Change
sees Dumb Waiter trading abstraction for urgency, still unpredictable but more direct in its
message.
“What more is there to say without saying anything?” saxophonist/vocalist Tristan Brennis explains of the band’s decision to include vocals on the new album.. “We quickly realized that we had a whole lot to say about the current state of the world and this hyper-acceleration of society that I think we’re all feeling day in day out.”
Recorded with producer and mixer Kevin Bernstein at Baltimore’s
@developing_nations studio and mastered by
@plotkinworks
Change retains the band’s density while sharpening its delivery. As drummer/vocalist Nathaniel Roseberry notes: “We put a lot of effort into creating
multifaceted songs that didn’t present as complex. Even if there is ridiculous syncopation happening in the rhythm section, the other guys are smoothing it over to still keep that pop
feel.”
