{"id":4885,"date":"2015-09-10T04:48:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-10T12:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/songs-we-love-bridget-kearney-ben-davis-slow-rider\/4885\/"},"modified":"2015-09-10T04:48:00","modified_gmt":"2015-09-10T12:48:00","slug":"songs-we-love-bridget-kearney-ben-davis-slow-rider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/songs-we-love-bridget-kearney-ben-davis-slow-rider\/","title":{"rendered":"Songs We Love: Bridget Kearney & Ben Davis, 'Slow Rider'"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Amelia Mason<\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n

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Benjamin Lazar Davis and Bridget Kearney’s new EP, Bawa<\/em>, is out Sept. 18. Tim Davis\/Courtesy of the artist<\/strong> hide caption<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

i<\/strong>toggle caption Tim Davis\/Courtesy of the artist<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

When Bridget Kearney and Benjamin Lazar Davis went to Ghana in 2014, they planned to travel and maybe make a few musical friends. They ended up spending the entire three weeks in the city of Accra, studying the traditional music of Northwest Ghana with master gyil<\/em> player Aaron Bebe. The resulting EP, BAWA<\/em><\/a>,<\/em> treats the polyrhythmic peregrinations of the xylophone-like gyil not as a gimmick but as source material, a puzzle to be deconstructed and rearranged into a bright new collage.<\/p>\n

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Bridget Kearney & Benjamin Lazar Davis, Bawa<\/em> (Signature Sounds Recordings) Courtesy of the artist<\/strong> hide caption<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“Slow Rider” is the second song on BAWA,<\/em> yet the release’s fourth track (each song is preceded by a snippet of the Bebe tune upon which it is based). It may take a few listens to tease out its ingredients because the playing is so dazzlingly complex. “Slow Rider” is more sedate, with the skeleton of a lopsided gyil riff and a lyrical electric guitar melody that trips along on top.<\/p>\n

The Brooklyn-based Kearney and Davis are longtime collaborators. Kearney was a member of Davis’s sprawling avant-pop group, Cuddle Magic<\/a> (she also plays bass in the up-tempo, stripped-down Lake Street Dive<\/a>), and her knack for wordplay and for unexpected hooks has long been evident. Davis, on the other hand, has honed a weirder, texture-obsessed sensibility, and in fashion typical for his songs “Slow Rider” takes a while to get to the sweet spot, while spotlighting many of his favorite sounds (delicate snare drum hits and whispery harmony vocals). “You’re a slow rider, baby\/ I’m a slow rider, hey hey,” Kearney sings in the chorus, and if it’s not immediately clear what a “slow rider” is, the song offers a definition of sorts, as it rises unhurriedly towards a state of gentle bliss.<\/p>\n

Bawa<\/em> is out on Sept. 18 on Signature Sounds<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Benjamin<\/a><\/div>\n
<\/strong> 5:28<\/strong><\/div>\n
\n
\n
<\/div>\n
\n
\n

Benjamin Lazar Davis and Bridget Kearney’s new EP, Bawa<\/em>, is out Sept. 18. Tim Davis\/Courtesy of the artist<\/strong> hide caption<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

i<\/strong>toggle caption Tim Davis\/Courtesy of the artist<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

When Bridget Kearney and Benjamin Lazar Davis went to Ghana in 2014, they planned to travel and maybe make a few musical friends. They ended up spending the entire three weeks in the city of Accra, studying the traditional music of Northwest Ghana with master gyil<\/em> player Aaron Bebe. The resulting EP, BAWA<\/em><\/a>,<\/em> treats the polyrhythmic peregrinations of the xylophone-like gyil not as a gimmick but as source material, a puzzle to be deconstructed and rearranged into a bright new collage.<\/p>\n

\n
\"Bridget<\/div>\n
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Bridget Kearney & Benjamin Lazar Davis, Bawa<\/em> (Signature Sounds Recordings) Courtesy of the artist<\/strong> hide caption<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

i<\/strong>toggle caption Courtesy of the artist<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

“Slow Rider” is the second song on BAWA,<\/em> yet the release’s fourth track (each song is preceded by a snippet of the Bebe tune upon which it is based). It may take a few listens to tease out its ingredients because the playing is so dazzlingly complex. “Slow Rider” is more sedate, with the skeleton of a lopsided gyil riff and a lyrical electric guitar melody that trips along on top.<\/p>\n

The Brooklyn-based Kearney and Davis are longtime collaborators. Kearney was a member of Davis’s sprawling avant-pop group, Cuddle Magic<\/a> (she also plays bass in the up-tempo, stripped-down Lake Street Dive<\/a>), and her knack for wordplay and for unexpected hooks has long been evident. Davis, on the other hand, has honed a weirder, texture-obsessed sensibility, and in fashion typical for his songs “Slow Rider” takes a while to get to the sweet spot, while spotlighting many of his favorite sounds (delicate snare drum hits and whispery harmony vocals). “You’re a slow rider, baby\/ I’m a slow rider, hey hey,” Kearney sings in the chorus, and if it’s not immediately clear what a “slow rider” is, the song offers a definition of sorts, as it rises unhurriedly towards a state of gentle bliss.<\/p>\n

Bawa<\/em> is out on Sept. 18 on Signature Sounds<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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