Waterstrider

I've been obsessed with Waterstrider for a long time. Not as long as the last two months have felt, but more than four years by my calculations. 

I've actually whipped out the first song I fell in love with from them TWICE since the pandemic hit. If you need a reason to tap on your fucking knees right now, go listen to "Redwood" from the album Nowhere Now. That shit is money as fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu. And if you disagree, that's ok, you're just wrong. 

BUT BACK TO THE LECTURE AT HAND BRUH.

The new new that Waterstrider dropped this morning, "Liquid", arrived JUST as I was about to step into my shower after my home workout. How timely for a song about wetness should ping to my phone as I was both sweaty AND about to get all of the damp?

Waterstrider have this knack for sounding like they're your intense personal soundtrack. "Liquid" is no different than any Waterstrider track in that I was instantly inside a movie, a (naked) man on the run, (nudely) looking over my shoulder, and fucking (birthday suit) terrified. But then at the same time I'm almost calm. But then at the same time, I realized the other day that while I have no control over what's happening, I can shut my eyes once in a while and let this fucking Waterstrider music wash the fuck all over me.

It's an incredibly appreciated respite from the 24 hour bad news cycle that life has become. 

From intense and terror filled, to gorgeous and brilliant, "Liquid" is an amalgamation of every emotion we're all feeling, every fear we're all holding, and every hope we're holding up above us with both fucking hands as we plod though this scary motherfucking life experience that no one seems to really understand the gravity of until they lose someone they love or someone they love loses someone else. We need this fucking feeling that this fucking song gives me. 

I just hope more people are listening. 

LOVE TO WATERSTRIDER. THANK YOU. 

AND YES, I AM FUCKING SCARED AS FUCK.

Love,
Dad