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Skating Club:
The Unfound Sound
Though its called The Unfound Sound, Skating Clubs third album is the one where Aubrey Anderson has found his truest means of self-expression. Anderson reveals himself as a man who best enjoys life through lidded eyes, sleepily swaying in a hammock in summer breezes and curled up in flannel sheets and down comforters on winter days. This album addresses the former season. It is the quintessential summer album not only packed with references to hot sun and shoreline strolls, but with music so languidly appealing that it evokes a season in itself. With his pretense-less voice think Nick Drake and slowcore, guitar-driven melodies, Andersons summer is without violent thunderstorms or scorching heat just consistently hot enough to warrant motionlessness for weeks on end. Not that Anderson is lazy. There are upbeat moments here, as in the John Mayer-esque Pretty Soon, with lighthearted lyrics about playing air hockey and floating in the pool. The Jack Johnson influence on Summer Time also adds a lift. But on his album cover, Anderson isnt strolling happily along a sunlit boardwalk he is isolated in a patch of sand with his hands folded, looking down so as not to see the gray, threatening sky. Skating Club is more in tune with its dark side. The Long Hot July swells with self-deprecation; When I do the wrong thing, I dont make it right, Anderson admits. And even the hottest summer day couldnt prevent getting chills from the broodiest track of the album, Count to Ten, as in: The next time we do this/ I want more than just to count to ten/ I want to know your hiding places/ I want to see the room you sleep in. As long, hot days blend together, these eleven tracks arent otherwise too distinguishable but they are consistently pleasing just the same. Anderson has found a voice and created an album that will survive the changes of the seasons, and leave listeners with a summer to remember.
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