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The Illness Share Single and new AI Video

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I have a feeling many of you are like me, completely unaware that Bob Nastanovich and Steve West (of Pavement fame) have gone out as the Illness to craft an entirely different breed of music. They’ve got the Summerase EP coming out next week via Sea Records, and this is the first track to tease us just a little bit. You can lock into Bob and Steve’s grooves, just as you would in the old days, but here you get these vocal lines overlapping, creating this sort of spaced out disorientation, immediately locking you into the visual journey created to accompany the video. Speaking of that video, it’s entirely AI created, so not only do you get the duo pushing into new musical horizons, but their choice of video also sees them trying out new things. Grab the Summerase EP on June 23rd!

The Illness Share Descending G Video

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The Illness is a fairly new band to me, though I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention that I was initially drawn to this tune because of the inclusion of Steve West (Pavement’s drummer). There sound seems familiar, though I can’t pinpoint precisely why I love it it so much. At times, there are some VU feels working in there, though you can also hear a touch of David Berman in the vocals. Still, it’s the little flourishes in the studio that really brought this track to life for me. It could be the ittle brass notes in the middle background, or maybe the way the guitar strum works into a more focused electric buzz; I think I even heard a faint bird chirp, which could just be a lost note popping its head out. It’s that sort of everything-and-the-kitchen-sink feel, yet still executed well enough to sound perfectly organic. Loving it, and if you do too, you’ll find it on the band’s new 12″ out July 10th via Sea Records.