{"id":4157,"date":"2017-08-20T10:36:32","date_gmt":"2017-08-20T15:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/?p=4157"},"modified":"2017-08-20T10:37:13","modified_gmt":"2017-08-20T15:37:13","slug":"music-reviewer-cites-updike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/2017\/08\/20\/music-reviewer-cites-updike\/","title":{"rendered":"Musician cites Updike"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>John Updike had a reputation for finding just the right word or phrase to describe something, and one of his spot-on descriptions was recently cited by Treble<\/em> “zine” reviewer Jeff Terich.<\/p>\n

In “Premiere: Biblical space out on new track ‘Fugue State,'”<\/a> a review from the album The City That Always Sleeps<\/em><\/strong>, Terich notes its “tense build-up that releases with an atmospheric, almost shoegazey texture.”<\/p>\n

Terich quotes the Toronto band<\/a>‘s lead vocalist and bassist, Nick Sewell<\/strong>, who implies that Updike was an inspiration:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were determined to explore some new sounds for this record and ‘Fugue State’ definitely falls into that category. More than any other song on the record, it really operates with a sense of open space. That gave us plenty of room to experiment, specifically with the vocals which turned out to have a sort of morbid \u2018Pet Sounds\u2019 vibe.<\/p>\n

\u201cLyrically, the song is a classic rumination on existential dread\u2014the type you might have in the middle of the night after waking from a bad dream. There\u2019s a poem by John Updike called ‘Perfection Wasted’<\/a> that I kept coming back to. It rides a fine line between dry, sardonic wit and tenderness. Definitely the qualities I was hoping to capture with \u2018Fugue State.’\u201d<\/p>\n

“Perfection Wasted” was included in The Best American Poetry 2016<\/em><\/a>, edited by Edward Hirsch and David Lehman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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