Bathe Unveil New Single/Visual, “Capsize” New Album, Inside Voice(s), Out March 21st via MNRK Music Group
Bathe, the Brooklyn-based duo of singer-songwriter Devin Hobdy and guitarist-producer Corey Smith-West, present “Capsize,” the second single from their new album, Inside Voice(s) (out March 21st via MNRK Music Group). Following the “chilling” (VIBE) lead single “Here,” “Capsize” begins with Hobdy’s pitched-down vocals accompanied by featherlight dance beats. In keeping with the darker, moodier, and more exploratory tone of the album’s second half , “Capsize” captures the end of a relationship. Hobdy sings “Show me mercy / Or the next best thing / Cause all I hear is drops / Don’t think I can stop / I capsize baby / Yeah we know that it’s past time.” Of the track Bathe say: “Sometimes it’s easier to sink than to fight the tide. ‘Capsize’ is about that—giving in, letting go, choosing the fall over the struggle. For anyone who’s ever felt like they were treading water just to stay afloat, this one’s for you.”
Previewed last fall with the release of Inside Voice(s): Side A and a successful headline North American tour, Inside Voice(s) sets out to explore the dissonance that comes from being split between two places—where you are and where you want to be. “It’s about the idea that you might not ever get to the place you want to be, that you might feel that longing for the rest of your life, and that’s as OK as it can be,” says Hobdy.
Serene chords, luxurious beats, and infinitely hummable melodies soundtrack songs about familial grief, numbing millennial angst, and the cyclical despair of underserved communities. Featuring vocal production from Jake Aron (L’Rain, Snail Mail), mixing by Joe Visciano (SZA, Kendrick Lamar), and mastering by Joe LaPorta (David Bowie, Beach House), Inside Voice(s)follows in the lineage of albums like Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On and Frank Ocean’s Channel Orange in being both lush and sorrowful—a plea to the present filled with ghosts of the past, emerging in an era when the future seems anything but certain.
“‘Inside Voices’ is our attempt to make sense of the noise around and inside of us,” Hobdy and Smith-West say. “It contains the sounds of the hopes and joys that motivate us, as well as the fears and disappointments that tempt us to stay in bed. Writing this album forced us to sit with and come to terms with these voices, friendly and frightening, inside and out.”
Bathe are currently on the road supporting UK funk legends, Cymande, on their US tour. They play August Hall in San Francisco tonight and The Bellwether in Los Angeles on Friday. Tickets are available for purchase here.
Bathe Tour Dates:
Wed. Feb. 26 – San Francisco, CA @ August Hall *
Fri. Feb. 28 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Bellwether *
* = w/ Cymande
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