The temptation when gathering a supergroup is to throw everything into the mix, but Dweller show the value of selectively and control. Featuring Dylan MacDonald (AKA Field Guide, on bass), Kris Ulrich (guitar), Georgia Harmer (vocals/synth) and Julian Psihogios (drums), the band boasts a huge array of talent, but focuses this entirely on serving the songs at hand. A self-titled EP on Birthday Cake Records is coming soon by way of introduction, a collection of songs recorded live on a Tascam 388 at Oolytone Studios in Winnipeg which underlines just how subtle and powerful the Dweller sound can be.
Single and opener ‘Leave This Home’ pulls the listener into this mood from the off. A song carved from a hushed, nocturnal sound which flickers and creaks like an empty house. Harmer’s vocals emerge like a whisper within this environment, confessing the things perhaps not utterable under the light of day. Essentially a description of isolation and loneliness which creeps like a shadow and soon overcomes the whole scene.
I’ve seen this type of lonely
In people I’ve observed
I didn’t think it would happen
Without knowing that it would
