Window Seat by Spaceport
Arianna Wegley takes classical sensibilities and morphs them into catchy pop hooks for music that is both dark and dreamy, alien and earthbound, conversational and profound. Spaceport’s debut album Window Seat, mixed by Andrew Jansen (Loud Sun) comprises sounds of ethereal synths, layered vocals, effected cello and extended string techniques, distorted guitars, bright trumpets, and sublime clarinets. Disparate textures are arranged in seamless, delicate harmony: a hollow synthesizer and the icy resonance of a bowed instrument intertwines with the natural warmth and boundlessness of low strings, brass, and woodwinds. A sensitive, driving rhythm section brings the songs home with a life and energy essential for any good pop song.
Arianna’s colloquial yet cryptic lyrics are anthems for anxious times, a poetic meandering through observations of a daily life that’s full of funny riddles, bleak monotony, and deep mystery. In parallel with shadowy undercurrents of reflection and introspection throughout the album, Arianna’s lyrics achieve buoyancy and fun by means of her soft-spoken, sprawling delivery. Much like a home video, she says what she sees, but it’s unclear how she feels; a non-confessional diary entry. Pervasive irony and secretive humor is carefully balanced with slant-rhymes and homophones intended to shroud clarity and invite the listener to uncover multiple meanings in everything.
Tracklist
| 1. | Hey Neighbor | 4:25 |
| 2. | Window Seat | 5:07 |
| 3. | Submarine | 4:50 |
| 4. | Realer Than | 3:54 |
| 5. | Another Day | 3:42 |
| 6. | Close Call | 4:06 |
| 7. | I Want to Believe | 4:10 |
| 8. | Little Grain of Sand | 4:11 |
| 9. | Someone at Radio Shack Looks Exactly Like Me | 4:46 |
Videos
Credits
All songs written by Arianna Wegley
Arianna Wegley - Vocals, synths, electric/acoustic guitars, baritone guitar, cello
Liam Moore - Bass, additional vocals (tracks 2, 6, 9)
Todd Olson - Drums
Matt Olson - Acoustic guitar (track 1), additional mixing/recording (track 1)
Emily Kastrul - Additional vocals (track 4)
Joe Wegley - Trumpet (track 5)
Carley Olson - Clarinet (track 8)
Andrew Jansen - Acoustic guitar (track 9)
Recorded by Arianna Wegley at home and Todd Olson at Aura Vortex, St. Paul
Mixed by Andrew Jansen at the Gray House
Mastered by Rob Schlette at Anthem Mastering
Artwork by Jake Olson
Aura Vortex Records, 2023
License
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earthbound space music. about you and me and everything in between.
cellist arianna wegley desired to arrange/produce songs she wrote over a sad, lonely year. she taught herself to play guitar and synths and recorded in her bedroom. she invited her partner todd olson to replace her sampled drums with live ones, then liam moore joined on bass. in the wise words of dexter jettster, whadya know!!