back to business. this is probably one of my favorite releases ever to come out of the bay from one of my favorite bands - fish breath's first album 'songs from the chaparral. this was released back in 2013 but i think had a year's worth of recordings prior to that. fish breath basically started as a solo project from George Carpenter, a now SFSU alum from san clemente who was in a band called red asphalt. that's probably getting a little to personal but basically this entire album was recorded by himself which i think is pretty neat. george was soon joined by oliver o'haver on guitar who is in other sf bands like dennis and toyota and michael cruz as bassist. fish breath has gone through a rotation of drummers but as a unit the band has always featured those three. some would point that fish breath has a touch of some stuff like unwound, swirlies or duster but this album has a mark of it's own. the songwriting is definitely creative in it's own right to be not to be considered as another 'revival' band like many others in the bay but its easy to see where some influences are drawn. that's just me though, i dont know. if anything i like to describe this album as 'mystical' and 'elusive' even though it just seems like another rock album. it's nothing but roughness around the edges. the volume dynamics is all fucked up and vocals are distinguishable but that's what makes it so good. see for yourself.
8 tracks, you can download the album via mediafire here or check out fish breath's bandcamp
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