With a trio of single’s now released from Nebullama’s upcoming album, Vol 1., the band have suggested a rough approximation of the size and general shape of the appropriate earnooks which might accommodate them. Their previous single, “Pour un moment” provided a psych-rock counterpoint to the today’s release of “The Swing,” which has been toted as the indie-rock end of the album’s spectrum which will bring balance to the force, the universe, and all things near and dear.
If there’s a brand of indie-rock that sounds like the darkest of discos (Slowcoaster aside), or maybe Abba’s “Dancing Queen” snuck into the soundtrack for Carrie, that’s probably where we’d find “The Swing.” With deep grooves and a bassline that demands a moderate-to-heavy stankface the song gets split in a dichotomy against bright vocals and synths.
The band also took the opportunity to work with Moncton writer Marc Chamberlain as their first collaboration.
“Working with Nebullama was very freeing, in that the only real constraints I had were those set by the music itself – including the vocal melody, from which I could carve out the length of breath, line breaks for both verse and chorus,” says Chamberlin. “I took so long to sit down and write the damn thing! I remember becoming a nervous wreck any time I envisioned myself at my desk to pen the lyrics – with lyrics being so much more public and accessible than poetry, I wanted to make sure people would dig what I’d come up with. To my great relief, everyone seemed to be happy with the end result, and I remain very appreciative of the opportunity and the band’s patience.”
When it came to penning the lyrics, Chamberlain found more examples of the band trying to find a balance between the funkdom, and rock, fact and feeling, romance and butchery…
“The general tone and mood set by the music – that, and the working titles of the song when it was first sent to me: one version was sent to me with the working title of ‘Love Song’ and another was titled ‘Meat on The Bone’. This created a weird dichotomy in my mind between the visceral and the emotional. Eventually, things just fell into place as a sort of cheeky interplay between sensuality and disinterest – both of which can have devastating consequences when in love.”
Nebullama’s debut full length album, “Vol. 1”, is set to be released in April, 2002.