Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Cheryl Waters, host of The Midday Show on KEXP, is "Buoyancy" by Body Type, from the 2022 album Everything is Dangerous But Nothing's Surprising on Poison City Records.
You never know when creative inspiration will strike, and for Australian quartet Body Type, it was over text.
“'Buoyancy' started as a playful text message exchange between Annabel and me," bassist/vocalist Georgia Wilkinson Derums said of her bandmate, guitarist/vocalist Annabel Blackman. "In many ways, the song is about grappling with internal inconsistencies and moral ambiguities in an incoherent style. It’s had a few iterations – when I brought it to the group it had more of a slow Big Star spirit. Soph and Annabel made it more angular, more tongue in cheek with the guitar, which further injects the song with distorted meaning. It’s also a personal reminder that when certain things are rendered uncertain those you love are an eternal rudder.”
