Premiere: Two Bicycles – I Always Feel Like…

March 14, 2011, 1 comments

Exclusively for you beautiful people on this rainy Monday morning, here’s another track off the forthcoming Two Bicycles full-length The Ocean. For this side-project, Jon of our ever-adored Teen Daze has focused on his inner self, coming up with a deeply contemplating work of instrumental ambient music based on guitar plucking, piano and bass over soothing layers of synth patterns. I Always Feel Like I’m Being Followed in particular is a pleasantly calm piece evoking images of peaceful, secluded coastal landscapes, resembling the great masters of ambient composition like Max Richter or Brian Eno, or also the recent solo works of Memoryhouse mastermind Evan Abeele.

Here’s what Jon himself has to say about The Ocean:

The new Two Bicycles record is one of the most personal records I’ve made to date. Even though there aren’t any vocals on the record, I feel that I’ve expressed myself more clearly than I have on any other release I’ve done. (…) The record tells the story of a night spent at sea. The beauty and hope that comes with the watching of the sun set, swimming in the moonlight and looking back at life back on land in fondness and happiness. But as the night falls, and the endless ocean reveals itself as the chaotic, exilic wilderness, the main character begins to feel isolated and on edge. The ocean can bring both optimism and fear, hope and loneliness.

The Ocean will be out April 5 on cassette via our dearest friends over at Crash Symbols and digitally through bandcamp. The gorgeous artwork was done by Crash Symbols CEO/Get Off The Coast genius Jheri Evans.

Two Bicycles – I Always Feel Like I’m Being Followed