Buck’s Harbour knelt on the altar of humility in Stick Round, the sardonic heartstring-puller that closes out the debut EP, Figuring Out How To not Be a Jerk. By way of a lens fogged with hazy folk-punk heat, the Boston-based artist, recognized off-stage as Ethan Warren, channels the jangly soul of Americana into an inside monologue that spills out prefer it’s been marinating for years.
No tune ought to sound this disarmingly mild whereas dismantling the concern that one’s quirks may tip the scales of affection. However Stick Round is aware of learn how to gown a vulnerability wound with harmonies so Seashore Boys-esque you’d swear they’d pores and skin within the recreation. Whereas the one roots itself within the bittersweet, it steers miles away from pretence. With a sonic palette tinged with melancholy but by no means moping, it lets the listener nestle into the form of emotion that not often asks for permission to remain.
The lyricism spirals round self-doubt, hope, and the delicate dance of connection, but there’s nothing overwrought about it. With one hand in a lo-fi people pocket and the opposite scribbling in an indie diary of ironic quips and mushy pleas, Buck’s Harbour proves that awkward emotional honesty will all the time be essentially the most touching flavour of cool.
Stick Round is now obtainable on all main streaming platforms, together with Spotify.
Evaluate by Amelia Vandergast
