http://nationaldiet.bandcamp.com
National Diet is a new project
from songwriter Jake Rose of Portland, OR progressive rock group Rainbow
Face along with his drummer and percussionist from that band, Connor
Reilly (who also plays with The Mercury Tree, Ventifacts, Nick Prol and the
Proletarians, and others).
The music is an amalgam of experimental, progressive, and math rock
where finding a 4/4 time signature is like a scavenger hunt. There is a
balance between structured parts and improvisation, control and chaos
that toes the line; listening is a lot like playing the songs, there is a
sense of barely being able to hang on. Stylistic touchpoints can be
varied and classic like 60s Pink Floyd and Beach Boys and Mahavishnu
Orchestra, often within the same song, or more akin to young
progressives black midi, Squid, and Young Jesus.
Much of the lyrics are highly literate, inspired by such thinkers as
Joseph Campbell, Robert Anton Wilson, and JRR Tolkien (Preserve the
Past, a prog rock song about prog rock, even features some singing in
Elvish). Lyrics are purposefully oblique, a combination of the
spirituality of Jon Anderson and surrealism of Kurt Cobain, Jake being a
child of the 90s in the PNW. Taken on a whole, the sound is complex,
melodic, and unpredictable.
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