London band Grass House share new single ‘The Boredom Rose’
Here at Far Out, we’ve followed the London-based band Grass House from the very beginning, and now, on the cusp of releasing their long-awaited debut album and UK tour, Grass House are beginning to gain the recognition they duly deserve.
When discussing their inspiration, Grass House told Far Out: “Poetry mainly, art partially, and film occasionally. Off the top of my head, I’d say Osip Mandelstam, Paul Celan, Karel Appel, Mayakovsky, Adrienne Rich, E.E Cummings, the abstract expressionists, Roger De La Fresneye, Francis Horowitz, Bela Tarr, Ernst Haas, I could keep going”.
Adding: “Basically, the motive behind the lyrics is to set a mood to allow enough light for the listener to create their own picture, we want the songs to be personal to whatever background you come at them from. There are fundamental feelings that all humans share, and from them, our personalities are built, if you can tap into the core of a person, you can relate to them in so many ways”.
Taking that inspiration, I Was a Streetlight is a perfect example of Grass House’s music; instrumentally astute as well as lyrically poignant, it takes us on a familiar path to an unknown destination, a beautiful combination.
There is a country/folk element running through this otherwise indie-based sound as they dabble with Americana and toy with what it means to be British.
Stream it below.
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