“Bad Day Song” begins pleasantly enough to justify questioning its own name. But, as the widening waveform indicates above, the bad does arrive, or, conceivably, gets purged and pulverized… lead on a belt to nowhere, to the grey landing place for all the faulty parts of an unfortunate afternoon.
This volatile contrast runs throughout Under the Sheepherder Bridge, the solo debut from Dale Eisinger as Fishers. There are harsh moments (which makes sense considering he’s one half of awesome NY noise duo YVETTE). Between those are stretches of damaged folk and exploratory texture. Dale talks in spots and sings in others—as does Godmode friend Matty Fasano (“Bad Day Song”, “Death Valley”). The set feels both collaged and cohesive… very much a heady, front-to-back kind of listen.
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