ALASKALASKA - 'TV Dinners'
With the release of ‘TV Dinners’, ALASKALASKA captures a sense of privilege associated with modern domestic existence - one of the central themes of the new album ‘Still Life’, available on October 14th.
Being the noted name within the music industry, ALASKALASKA debuted in 2017 with the jazz-fused four-on-the-floor rhythms album, The Dots, demonstrating a knack for pop melody. Throughout the last few years, the South London band has explored new methods of working, performing with Tame Impala, Nilüfer Yanya, and Hot Chip and navigating their style toward indie-electronica sounds.
‘TV Dinners’ is the band's third single on its upcoming album "Still Life", which follows previous singles 'Growing Up Pains (Unni's Song)' and 'Still Life.’ Being the only song written during the UK lockdown, it captures the ambiguous feelings of beholding the routine surroundings of one's life.
For Duarte-Holman and Rieley lockdown seems to be the force that brings back the appreciation of everyday elements such as “shadows and light dancing in the afternoon”. Taking the form of a stream of consciousness the poetic lyrics of TV Dinners explores the feelings of guilt associated with enjoying simple moments of life. It comes across that even though appreciated during the lockdown, the beauty of mundanity is often overlooked in our daily lives - "What once was bliss, becomes a certain kind of ignorance."
The piece is taking you on a sonic journey to the deep edges of your consciousness immersing you into the brooding and magical atmosphere of the simple moments experienced in your bedroom. The symphonic combination of buzzing bass and shivering sensations of analog synths form the truly unique free-form electronic sound absorbing a listener in the thoughtful sentience.
Serving as a reminder not to take anything for granted, the electronic soundscapes of ‘TV Dinners’ give us a glimpse into the themes unfolded in "Still Life” released on October the 14th.
Words by Nastya Vinokur
