Seafoam Walls
Standing Too Close To The Elephant In The Room
Dion Dia
OUT 10/18
CONTACT:
DAVID ELKIN // PUBLICIST
LYDIA KRUMPER // PUBLICIST
Singer/songwriter and guitarist Jayan Bertrand, bassist Josh Ewers, electronic drummer Josue Vargas and guitarist Dion Kerr have coined new genre “Caribbean Jazzgaze” to describe their wholly unique combination of jazz, shoegaze, rock, hip-hop, and Afro-Caribbean rhythms that is Seafoam Walls.
Standing Too Close To The Elephant In The Room represents an exciting new chapter for the band. Not only does it showcase Seafoam Walls' evolution as musicians, but it also solidifies their reputation as boundary-pushing artists, inviting the listener to experience their music through a Technicolor mist of experimental influences and instrumentation. Demonstrating their commitment to full artistic autonomy, the band — rounded out by Dion Kerr, Josh Ewers, and Josue Vargas — took on the role of self-producers once again, shaping an album that rewards those who revel in its sweeping soundscapes as it delves deeper into questioning the trappings of modern society and all of the contradictions it entails.
The album’s title is a metaphor for the often overlooked but significant challenges and complexities that people face in their lives, and a warning about getting caught up in the details at the risk of missing the bigger picture. As Jayan explains, "Everyone has an elephant in the room; an obvious problem in their life that everyone, including the person affected, knowingly looks past. BUT, I say that one is standing too close because the problem is more complex and their vision is too obstructed to see the bigger picture. So viewers are providing skewed perspectives of the same problem. It’s an illustration of the areas in which intersectionality fails to meet."
Heady music for heady times. A moment that Seafoam Walls is all too ready to meet.