Ahead of the release of their new collaborative album no floor, more eaze & claire rousay have shared the ecstatic new single “lowcountry”. Named for a bar in San Antonio where more eaze (mari maurice) and rousay spent much of their formative years, the track exudes an adventurous sense of wonder through dynamic swells and haywire electronics that parallel the uncertainties and spontaneities of youth.
“I went to that bar a lot by myself, but I’ve been there a lot with mari too,” notes rousay. “At one point I was living somewhere that was close by. This was in a more unhinged time for me and was like ‘mari, did you want to come over and rage?'” maurice adds: “There’s a throughline of the track ‘limelight, illegally’ to this, where some of the bartenders who worked at Limelight moved to lowcountry. This is the most unhinged track in a way. When we decided this one was lowcountry claire was adding a lot and pushing it I decided, ‘ok, I’m going to push it even more too.'”
no floor presents an introspective reflection of the emotional turmoil of youth, while equally celebrating a camaraderie forged through those shared experience, one that has since blossomed into a close friendship and fruitful series of collaborations. Eschewing the auto-tune inflected pop-psychedelia and found sounds of their previous collaborations, no floor is collage music as pastoral melancholia, a lush tour into their own version of Americana.
more eaze and claire rousay’s collaborations are effortlessly joyful, their music evoking the warmth and respect they have for each other. Their bond goes back to their youthful hometown of San Antonio, Texas where they played in country outfits and noise rock bands respectively, and each pushed their music to extend beyond the traditions and conventions of genre. more eaze and rousay have spent the past decade pushing boundaries, standing together at the vanguard of genre-shattering music that thrills and surprises with its vulnerability and creativity. The pieces of no floor are born of the deep connection between the duo, built from strands of familiarity and surprise, the two buttressing one another as they push themselves as instrumentalists, composers, and artists to unexplored boundaries.
Following the album’s release, the duo will play select performances across North America, in addition to more eaze’s tour throughout the Spring which includes a set at Big Ears Festival.
