Well, folks, after 8 years of struggling to get it written, recorded and mastered, Dave Doughman from the band Swearing at Motorists is finally getting around to putting out a new record. There've been a lot of hiccups, small EPs, reissues and false starts that have kept yours truly on the edge of his seat for these 8 years. I've written about the music many times on this blog (whose name comes from a rare early S@M song), and I'm super excited to share the new single off the new album which should come out in a few months if all goes well. As Dave describes on his kickstarter, the creative process sometimes needs to take a backseat to "real life", which can sometimes make a creative person second guess the very notion of why they seek to create. Ultimately, life has a way of reaffirming the very art that comes from it.
The new track is classic Swearing at Motorists: beautiful enveloping vocal harmonies swarm around each other, anchored by a steady rhythm guitar and driving drum march, but with the new and exciting addition of synthesizer, which adds an uplifting coda to an otherwise heavy song. The song talks about the struggle that has been a common theme in Dave's writing for nearly 2 decades, and a common theme in life in general: trying to make a relationship work, even though it might not ultimately be meant to work out. Dave is always honest and ernest in his lyrics and vocal delivery, despite his somewhat limited range on the guitar. You don't have to be a shredding virtuoso to write music that hits home, and that's what first drew me to his work.
Dave is attempting to self-release this effort; all that remains are the costs of pressing the records and getting them to stores. Go support that humble effort here:http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/swearingatmotorists/swearing-at-motorists-return-with-a-new-album
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