What\u2019s All This: Adventures in New Music<\/u><\/b><\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\nHaley Heynderickx and Max Garc\u00eda Conover just announced their joint album, What of Our Nature<\/i>, which was created in the spirit of folk icon Woody Guthrie. Echoing in the folk icon\u2019s footsteps, beautiful simplicity is found throughout their project.<\/p>\n
Their collaboration began from opposite corners of the country, eventually joining up to record directly to tape in a Vermont barn in five days\u2019 time. Their combined, simple musical messages were the culmination of a year spent \u201csharing songs while reading Woody\u2019s words and biographies, slowly exploring a patchwork of Americanism to see where their stories fit.\u201d<\/p>\n
Throughout What of Our Nature<\/i>, Garc\u00eda Conover (who is half-Puerto Rican) and Heynderickx (who is half-Filipina) touch on broad, personal themes of colonialism, generational identity, social equity and commercialism. That final theme gets particular attention on \u201cFluorescent Light,\u201d one of two new lead singles that dropped recently to announce the album.<\/p>\n
Written and led by Heynderickx, the seemingly jaunty song bemoans the modern era in which everyone is subject to constant marketing, bathed in the unnatural light of phones and, when they\u2019re not holding their devices, \u201cof schools and prisons and dying.\u201d Heynderickx\u2019s voice is wonderful as usual, and the effortlessness of the collaboration radiates \u2014 no surprise considering they\u2019ve joined their musical voices together before.<\/p>\n
Find What of Our Nature<\/i> out Nov. 21 on Fat Possum Records and \u201cFluorescent Light\u201d from Haley Heynderickx and Max Garcia Conover on the latest episode of What\u2019s All This<\/i>, which you can enjoy in full using the player at the top of the page.<\/p>\nBest new indie music this week<\/h2>\n\n- Sharp Pins, \u201cQueen of Globes and Mirrors\u201d<\/li>\n
- This Is Lorelei, \u201cName the Band\u201d<\/li>\n
- Cusp, \u201cIn A Box\u201d<\/li>\n
- Ain\u2019t, \u201cLong Short Round\u201d<\/li>\n
- Pia Fraus, \u201cNothing Returns\u201d<\/li>\n
- Lala Lala, \u201cDoes This Go Faster?\u201d<\/li>\n
- Haley Heynderickx, Max Garcia Conover, \u201cFluorescent Light\u201d<\/li>\n
- Rachel Bobbitt, \u201cRemember?\u201d<\/li>\n
- DARKSIDE, \u201cOne Last Nothing\u201d<\/li>\n
- Sassy 0009, Blood Orange, \u201cTell Me\u201d<\/li>\n
- Gordi, \u201cInstant Life\u201d<\/li>\n
- Jean Dawson, \u201cWhite Lighter\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n