Oftener - "Wisteria (Live)" | New Music

(Cover by Chris Grenfell)

"year of da daydream baybee" - Nate, probably.

Today may be the nationally-recognized holiday of St. Valentine, but I am going to propose a swift and effective change. Instead, today is St. Oftener's Day. Oh, what's this? The United Nations agree that today should henceforth be referred to as St. Oftener's Day? I guess we should listen to them. Sorry, I don't make the rules.

Reason #1 to celebrate today as St. Oftener's Day: Daydream has finally been formally announced and has a release date. The 6-track EP will be out on March 16th. It will be one of your favorite releases of the year, local or otherwise. Since I am a ~journalist~ my job is simply to state facts.

Reason #2: a second "Pardon the Noise" session, featuring a new Oftener song, has been released. The band partnered yet again with Drifter Music Group to record a live rendition of "Wisteria." The track starts out as one of the band's trademark dreamy, beautiful, melancholic, winding songs. Nate Gurrola's impassioned vocals and circumstantial songwriting are carried along on a raspberry-hued cloud of charm, until the something unexpected kicks in at the last minute. The infamous "Oftener low-end," rumored to exist but never seen before now, runs in and RKOs the last 30 seconds of the song. For a band whose brand has been built on prettiness, this is totally sick. It would be sick either way, but it's extra sick now.

All I really want at this point is to have "Wisteria" (and "Daydream") on streaming or Bandcamp. Please Nate. Let me give you my money.

"Wisteria" was mixed, engineered, and mastered by Adam Schaberg and Sam Vanorny. The video, also filmed/performed at Steve's Tire & Auto, was shot and edited by Beau Meier. Watch it below.