‘Stolen’, from Nashville’s jazz-rock trio, Plaid Forest, was released on April 8 and brings with it a beauty that reflects its swathe of influences.
Plaid Forest is well named. Both plaid, and forest, are made up of a wide range of individual parts that come together to make the whole. Plaid, with its coloured threads woven in such a way as to make a cohesive checkered pattern, and forest, which, with its diverse plants and animals, come together to form a complex ecological setting.
Likewise, Plaid Forest draws upon a rich tapestry of influence, including alt-rock/pop acts like Weezer, The Black Keys, Dandy Warhols, and Coldplay, among others, and blends that with inspiration from jazz artists such as Wes Montgomery, and Stan Getz.
Comprising brothers Christian and Drew Hall, along with longtime collaborator, Taylor Sullivan, Plaid Forest have been laying down sounds for more than a decade, and aren’t about to stop anytime soon.
New single, ‘Stolen’ feels every bit like a jam session, but it’s one that reflects the time this trio have put into their craft, and the sheer talent that lays behind it.
A bass riff opens the track, before being hyphenated by a crash of cymbals at exactly the 10 second mark. Languid, hazy vocals come in at just before 30 seconds, but this is nonetheless perfectly timed. At one minute in the cymbals crash once more, almost like waves lapping the shore; it’s a tidal flow.
The vocalist works in time with the instrumentals, their voice very much part of it all, and just like the threads in plaid, or the trees in a forest, they’re woven in and around the instruments. It’s altogether very elegant and pleasing, and ‘Stolen’ is certainly a song that must – needs – to be played right through several times.
Listen to ‘Stolen’ below. You can find Plaid Forest and their music online on Spotify, Bandcamp, Soundcloud, Facebook, Instagram, and their official website.
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