Foto-© Steph Montani

Indie-Rock ist in Kanada immer noch einer der musikalischen Trümpfe – und in eben jener Tradition stehen auch The Sarandons, die am 27. Januar mit Sightlines ihr Debütalbum via Flying Colours präsentieren. Und heute feiert der Titelsong daraus bei uns Videopremiere, der gleichzeitig so etwas wie der tanzbarste Song der Band bisher ist. Über den Song selbst sagt Frontmann Dave Suchon: „Sightlines came to be one sunny afternoon back in the spring. I had my acoustic guitar with a capo at 5 and was focusing on keeping a really constant strum – no swing at all. Starting on the major seventh, with a couple of other chords, over and over. I must have played those chords for an hour before tentatively trying any sort of melody. It was finished that afternoon, with a few edits still needed on the words. When I introduced it to the band it was transformed with Damian’s bass line and all the space our producer, Dan, created in the verses for the colour from Ed’s piano and Craig’s guitar. Phil locked into Damian’s signature bass line with equal parts rock and dance. Ended up with one of our most danceable tracks, which feels exhilarating when the hammer drops on the choruses. Sightlines deals with the obvious – that there is no going back. But in remembering things get obscured or endured to the point we’re screaming for the start again. After all the business about “no going back”, sung in my best Elvis voice, Phil winds up with a drum roll for the punch line and I go out screaming “take me back” – howling in unison with Craig’s frenetic guitar.“