We wrote about Kevin King’s Saccharine project last summer, premiering a single from the Boston-based act’s new album, Hollow Space, out via Disposable America. The record “continue[s] the immersive sincerity of previous releases,” we described, “[serving] as an exploration of hope within dark times, finding meaning and grace in situations where such features might first appear absent.”
Nowhere is this clearer than the two title tracks that bookend the release, restrained and wistful songs that balance a melancholic tone with a quiet sense of wonder. The first sees the humble brightness of the opening stretch and shimmer, culminating in a wide and weighty climax, while ‘Hollow Space Pt. II’ leans toward a more acoustic sensibility, though again takes advantage of King’s earnest vocals and the impact of empty space. The result is a tender intimacy that never strays into mawkish territory, written in the spirit not of finding answers but rather finding some semblance of meaning in the asking of questions.
Today, we’re delighted to share a performance of the latter taken from Saccahrine’s session with Big Nice Studio. The Boston studio is used by a number of the area’s bands records (Horse Jumper of Love, Lilith, Soft Fangs, NOVA ONE, Alexander and community college to name just a few), and they are developing a series of live session within their friendly space. Each video in the series is a continuous shot recorded on a vintage VHS camera, the result edited by studio owner Bradford Krieger and produced by studio engineer Chaimes Parker, giving the perfect blend between lo-fi authenticity and professional polish.
You can find the video, introduced by Dimitri of Horse Jumper of Love, below:
Hollow Space is out now on Disposable America and you can get it from the Saccharine Bandcamp page. You can view more live videos from Big Nice Studios here, and see the first in this particular series, community college playing ‘broken back’ over at Groundsounds.
