Daily Doses: Wintercoats “Delicate Position” Ft. Sea Oleena (2011)

Sometimes when I’m at the beach, I skip rocks.

Well, to be honest, every time I’m at the beach I skip rocks. 

And every time I do, I always end up thinking about the amount of time it took that rock to finally get washed up to the shore. The epic journey it undertook while never being able to move of it’s own volition. Then, when it finally reached the end of that journey, it spent exactly 10 seconds under the sun before being thrown right back in.

I like to tell myself that 10 seconds was better because it was so brief. And that if it’d washed all the way onto the shore, it would have just ended up yearning for the ocean again.

But then, I’m biased, and slightly jaded.

I also really like skipping rocks.

Sorry, realizing we’re two days away from the first anniversary of the first Wintercoats EP, Cathedral has me in a contemplative mood. Amazing to think of how much has happened in the last year…

Daily Doses: Wintercoats “Spend This Day”

Austrailia’s Wintercoats recently released this track to help soundtrack your Christmas season.

Continuing with the orchestral arrangements and strong harmonies demonstrated on their Cathedral E.P, “Spend This Day” is perfect for the seasons. It’s neither demanding, nor plastically enforced. Just smooth, soothing, and quietly charming.

Download Wintercoats “Spend This Day”

Download Wintercoats Debut EP Cathedral For Free From Their Bandcamp

Daily Doses: Wintercoats “Windmill” From Cathedral (2010)

There’s a point when you’re writing a story when you’ll most likely go too far.

You’ll know when it happens. Your crisp sentences will become bloated paragraphs. Your commas will turn into semicolons. Your descriptions transform into dissertations. Until finally, when you step back, your short story has become a novel.

At this point, the only thing to do is go back over it, and start cutting back the fat. Find all the elements that don’t support or advance the specific story you’re trying to tell, and cut ‘em out. Cut without passion or mercy. Cut what you love along with what you hate. Cut in any situation that you can, merely because you can.

This is a lesson Melbourne’s Wintercoats either never had to learn, or learned before they ever released a record. At the core of their songs, Wintercoats do a brilliant job at distilling their elements into exactly what the want to communicate. Even at 6 minutes, every trill and pluck forwards the exact story they want to tell. Making each song feel as though no matter the length they ended up at, it couldn’t be any shorter without sacrificing something beautiful.

Download Wintercoats’  Cathedral EP For Free From Their Bandcamp

(Via Yvynyl)