Weekend Round Up: New Releases From San Fermin, Suburban Living, and Fractures

Miss us? We’re taking a break and cooking up a brand new season of Rhapsody in Reverie for you! But until that magical day when we return to the podcasting airwaves, we couldn’t resist talking music shop with the world. We’re sharing a few of the new songs that came out this past weekend that we couldn’t get enough of! Read on below to hear some of co-host Adrienne’s favorites of the moment!

“Feel” By Fractures

“Feel” is such a beautiful expression of that bittersweet moment of facing an inevitable end of love. Peaceful and resigned yet erratic under the surface, this song is one giant juxtaposition of emotions. There’s an eerily serene feeling that often comes after finally accepting a relationship has run its course. Endings are painful and hard to face when we see them coming, but the frenzy and excitement of a new beginning just around the corner can be felt in between the hurt. On “Feel,” Fractures pairs a surging beat and warm sonic textures with a languid and soulful piano melody to summarize the joy and pain of the relationship detailed in the lyrics. Lines like “Now my heart is feeling on its own” offer an earnest and vulnerable declaration of defeat after a hard-fought battle for love. Fractures has given us a heartbreakingly uplifting reminder that sometimes love is not always enough to bind two people together, but even at goodbye, you will be okay.

Follow Fractures on Twitter and check out the rest of his latest project, EP III, out now!

“Main Street” By Suburban Living

I can’t really explain this, but “Main Street” makes me think of a very specific time in my teenage years. It is a song that would fit very nicely into my headphones on a Sunday morning in the springtime, staring at the ceiling with the sun streaming through 16-year-old me’s bedroom. “Main Street” is a sonic equivalent to that feeling of serenity, twinged with a hint of yearning and sadness. Between the hypnotic guitar riffs and relaxed bass line, this song calls you to the places you once loved and lamented. It makes me wonder if “Main Street” really references a real place or more of a state of mind. Either way, there is something comforting about letting this song carry you away.

Follow Suburban Living on Twitter and stay tuned for their new record “How to Be Human” out on May 22nd!

“Little Star” By San Fermin

If you know anything about Rhapsody In Reverie, you know we are major San Fermin fans so obviously I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to get hyped up about their latest single from The Cormorant II this weekend. I was already so excited for Part two of The Cormorant and “Little Star” only confirms in my mind that we are all in for a magical continuation of the story San Fermin has begun in this musical era. “Little Star” evokes some of the same earthy and spritely aesthetic of The Cormorant Part I while also carrying subtle hints of the dark and entrancing quality of their sophomore album, Jackrabbit. Contemplative yet unsettled, “Little Star” seems to speak to that deeper fear inside me - and perhaps all of us - that worries I’m not living up to who I felt I once was or who people would expect me to be. We expect growth and time to be linear, but life proves not to be that simple. With an arrangement that is both peaceful and haunting, “Little Star” represents that steady pressure arising as one attempts to reconcile those fears and expectations. As intriguing as this song is on its own, I’m really interested to hear how this song fits into the context of The Cormorant I & II. While San Fermin songs sound powerful on their own, the way those songs combine to create a larger story is a wonder to behold.

Follow San Fermin on Twitter and catch them on tour this spring/summer!