Out of the burned soul of the high desert at Joshua Tree springs FireBug's new single, "Time Marches On," a piece that's equal parts timeless and sharply of the moment. Featuring the dynamic, magnetic, and hypnotic Juliette Tworsey upfront and center and a male lead guitarist, Jules Shapiro, FireBug's atmospheric rock and soul-drenched psychedelia offer their signature balance of emotional tumult and endless sonic expanse.
Produced by Jordan Lawlor (BECK, M83, DEFTONES), "Time Marches On" doesn't deliver melodies as much as it provides songs that will burrow inside your skin. At its heart is Juliette's haunting and tender voice in equal measure, blowing like wind across a lost highway. Her performance is visceral. She's feeling the passage, dragging it down out of the ether and setting it on fire.
Shapiro's guitar work is the beating heart of the track, textured, patient, and cinematic. Layered over pulsing rhythms, his playing constructs a realm that can seem vast and intimate at once, like being out alone beneath a desert sky that goes on forever. The feeling of "Time Marches On" is both dreamlike and deeply rooted, a perfect storm of emotion and atmosphere. The song's spell only deepens with its accompanying music video, a visual interpretation that reflects the hypnotic pull of the song. It's evocative. Just like the track it's named for, it encourages you to linger, to contemplate, and to savor the relentless passage of time as both a burden and a miracle.
FireBug's music is all about balance, the electric and the organic, the cosmic and the soulful. With "Time Marches On," they continue to advance their desert noir aesthetic while developing it without losing the raw, rootsy sense of truthfulness that has made them so interesting to listen to. This is a meditation disguised as a melody. FireBug whispers truths that linger long.
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