Jaguar Glass are an Alternative / Psych rock band from Atlanta, GA. made up of bassist Josiah Soren, guitarist Tomas Uribe, vocalist/keyboardist Sophia Trautman and drummer Ben McEntire.
Today the group collectively share some of their favorite songs in this weeks edition of “Five For Friday” but first check out the bands song “Anchor” from their E.P. “The Float” available here.
Pyramid Song – Radiohead
We can totally sit here and dissect this song, luckily tons of people in the internet have done this for us but this song was a track that really put groove and emotion into perspective for us. The way the chords played on the piano drag while feeling suspended, the drums both cement the rhythm while also meandering. The sense of space and patience, it’s just incredible.
It Beats For You – My Morning Jacket
We really connected with this song as a band, the arrangement and relationship of instruments felt natural to us as instrumentalists. The drums really drive the song, bass takes a melodic passenger seat and the rest of the band floats above this metaphoric vehicle. It feels similar to how we write songs as a band and couldn’t relate to it more.
But Not Kiss – Faye Webster
Not only is Faye another Atlanta native but she’s Atlanta royalty in our eyes. Her patience and delicateness over such organic and grounding instrumentation is masterful, it’s hard not to feel all her emotion at once even if she serves it to you in the tiniest plate. She can give you a lot in very little and that to us is an artform in itself. But Not Kiss is a perfect example of that.
Diving Woman – Japanese Breakfast
There’s magic in just coasting on a musical thought for as long as possible. This song inspired us to not get so bogged down in trying to write extremely elaborate songs with over complicated arrangements, instead complexity I built into the depth of sounds and lyrical emotion.
Marrow – St. Vincent
Annie Clark is just a badass. This song is equally weird and almost scary as it is stank face material and massive. The orchestration behind this song feels floaty and pretty while the chord progression in the verses are ominous while she sings about the inside of your bones. Then the chorus hits with the most badass anxiety driven riff that almost doesn’t make sense – and that’s why it’s kickass.
