“For the first time, I wrote songs for a mood I needed badly to reconnect with – joy – even when I didn’t always feel that way. It was songwriting for a distant or slightly magical feeling.”
Scientific studies have shown that if you’re feeling down, forcing yourself to smile actually lowers your heart rate and reduces stress. Oakland based singer-songwriter Dup Crosson took that idea and applied it to his latest Saint Solitude record Sugar Pill, adding hope and awe to the bittersweet fuzz his band specializes in. Under a foggy coziness, dynamics and tempos shift over atmospheric synths and guitar distortion, heavily influenced by 90s indie rock. Regardless of how you feel when you put this record on, you’ll be grinning by the end.
