ABE ANDERSON "LOVE YOU MORE" MUSIC VIDEO
Abe Anderson is best known for playing bass in the weed ripping, riotous, party rock outfit Niiice. It comes, then, as a great surprise to hear that his debut solo album, Seasick Lullabys, is dropping on 1/15/21, less than 4 months after Niiice. released their second album, Internet Friends. What’s even more shocking is the total vibe change “Love You More,” the first single off Seasick Lullabys, presents.
Although Anderson is clearly a multitalented musician, songwriter, performer, and producer who has lent his hand to numerous projects, “Love You More” shows off a range not previously found in Abe’s music. While his previous EP, Slacker, had a lot more raunch to it, and Niiice. makes heavy-ass emo, this track has been polished into a relaxed, sunbleached, indie-pop delight.
After pretty, spiraling guitars and a pitter-pattering drum open the tune, Anderson’s laid back voice enters with an open-ended statement of where he is coming from. “The existential side of me,” he meanders, not at all seriously considering the heft and “depth” such a topic might deserve from some other, more concerned artist. Right there, as he hits on “me,” at the 29th second of the song, the most endearing smile this side of the Mississippi breaks open. The same smile flitters away and back, away and back along the length of the video.
“Love You More” is a blissed ode to the pure pleasantries caught between the lips of two lovers. The song contains no ounce of pretension; it exists simply to exalt the simple, nearly-impossible-to-pinpoint moments of happiness that add up to the continuum of a positive relationship. With such enjoyable and easeless clarity, it’s no wonder Anderson’s song feels nearly timeless and wholly weightless. The only difficult thing about “Love You More” is having to wait for what’s sure to be a wonderful album.
(Melodic Noise) You've recently started doing gear demos on Youtube. How does your approach differ when demoing products and when working on your songs?
(Abe Anderson) I think the whole mindset of doing gear demos is a 180-degree shift from writing original music. For the Cloud Factory demos I'm doing, the song is serving the gear, where my music the gear is serving the song. There are a lot of genres I do in my demos that aren't completely in my comfort zone, but it's all about showcasing what the gear can do. I will say, having really sick gear to play on is super inspiring when writing riffs for either scenario. Since I'm doing everything on my own, I don't really have other people to rely on for new ideas, but discovering new sounds through software, hardware, or different instruments can be very helpful in writing new music.
(MN) Are there any influences that you feel are responsible for the sound of this album that haven't had a strong presence in other music you've worked on?
(AA) My solo music is a mish-mash of styles that I really enjoy but I haven't really been able to get out of my system in other projects. I took a lot of influence from 80's new wave bands and anything alternative from the 90's on this record. It goes anywhere from synth-pop to heavy shoegaze (and there's still a little emo in there too). I really love punk rock, but I get that out of my system playing in niiice. I wanted to go in a more dream pop/indie direction for this upcoming LP, but who is to say I won't be onto something different for the next project.
I know it's corny to say "This was a quarantine album,” but truly, this project would have not existed if it were not for the pandemic. We were pretty much set for touring the whole country this year, but with everything canceled, I really just wanted to scratch that itch of being on the grind and making some progress within my musical journey. Most of this album was recorded during march/april during the first lockdown, and I slowly finished up all the tracks through the course of 2020. While this whole year sucks a**, I'm super grateful for those two months I got to spend in my garage developing my songwriting skills, and it really solidified the path for where I want to go with my solo music.
(MN) Having created and produced every aspect of the track yourself, what would you say was the single most essential decision made when making the song?
(AA) When arranging this song, I went into it with the idea of it being filled with synthesizers and layers of sampled percussion, but as soon as I came up with the guitar line I kinda threw out all that other stuff. I'm really satisfied with the way the guitar parts play and meld with each other, and I didn't want to mess that up. A lot of the tracks coming up on Seasick Lullaby (out January 15th ;) ) are more synthesizer based and have more flashy production and arrangement, but I wanted to keep this one dead simple while still maintaining the mood of the rest of the album.
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Review by: Eric Martin, Writer @eamartin95
Edited by: Andrew Perrizo, Owner @PlaylistTC
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