Spring by Quiet Commotion

For fans of Sunny Day Real Estate, Carissa’s Wierd, The Zombies, the current scene of folksy slowcore, and that moment in late fall when you look up into the trees and realize how quickly the time has passed, Spring by Quiet Commotion uses imagery of those transitional seasons to paint a stunning sunset of bygone romance. Baroque flair nestles into a blanket of downturned depression, as the orchestral arrangements, bubblegum melodies, and layered vocals of bright psych pop appear alongside melancholically chorused guitars and solemn folk flourishes. Lyrical storytelling looks back on a past love with an air of appreciative finality which so frequently goes missing in romance narratives, delving far enough into the acceptance phase of the grieving process as to reminisce on those good times past without any irrational bargaining for their return. Love comes and goes just as surely as the seasons parade into our lives year after year, each phase offering unique types of beauty which deserve their own aesthetic admiration, especially in the radiantly colorful transition seasons of loss and rebirth.