Richmond, VA based multi-instrumentalist and songwriter, Jason Roberts shares BREATHS project + releases album “breaths”
BREATHS is the solo project of Richmond, VA based multi-instrumentalist and songwriter, Jason Roberts. On his fourth full-length album, the self-titled BREATHS, Jason sees a shift toward a heavy shoegaze sound with a focus on shorter songs and bigger hooks, experimental tones and sound textures, and less genre bending than previous albums. BREATHS is for fans of Cloakroom, Nothing, Slowdive, SOM, Deftones, Holy Fawn, Whirr, Hum, Grivo, Lantlos, Slow Crush, Narrow Head, My Bloody Valentine, No Sun, and They Are Gutting a Body of Water.
‘barbarella (melt away) brings some doomy yet unconfrontational weight in the riff department alongside a now-trademark vocal levity, both of which serve to cast a dreamy haze--or perhaps glow-- over the track as a whole. Whereas most bands that dabble in the realm of doom and sludge tend to feel intrinsically earthbound, BREATHS leans into the ethereal, evoking the feeling of floating through cloudy skies in a hot air balloon. Outside of overtly shoegaze-y projects such as Slowdive, the closest point of comparison I have might be something like Hum, if they traded a certain sense of grounded stoicism for a more blatantly delicate tone. Despite the gentle vocal delivery, there's a uniquely somber vibe at play, like I'm sipping the nectar of melancholia. In terms of the track itself, the chorus is hooky as hell, and the track ramps up the heavy riffage towards the end for an outro that leans into the heft.’ - Sleeping Village
‘Lo-fi wall of sound riffs, coupled with some enchanting, dreamy vocals the likes of Cocteau Twins or Slowdive. Shoegaze at its best.’ - Veil of Sound
BREATHS track listing:
1. fade apart
2. barbarella (melt away)
3. waves
4. dream walking
5. shaken
6. sing to me
7. hide in starlight
8. sliding
9. unsettling (settle in)
10. embody
BREATHS is:
Jason Roberts
