Listen to Dream Nails’ “playful” new single, This Is Water

Dream Nails have just dropped a brand-new single, This Is Water.

Teaming up with producer/engineer Ali Chant, the trio – whose line-up now consists of Mimi Jasson on vocals and bass, Lucy Katz on the drums, and Anya Pearson on guitar – are giving fans something fresh in time for next month’s appearance at 2000trees.

Mimi reveals how the track came about: “We are so lucky to have worked with Ali on this song. He has worked with some true British icons. With Ali, we indulged in our playful edge, experimenting with pedals and exploring sounds that teased out the themes of the song. When I said I wanted my voice to evoke something intimate on This Is Water, he ran my vocals through a Hammond organ, the rotating Leslie speaker created a sound that resembles being underwater.”

“This song is inspired by a speech given by the late writer David Foster Wallace, who tells a story about two fish swimming along in the ocean,” adds Lucy. “One fish remarks, ‘The water’s nice today!’ to which the other fish replies, ‘What’s water?’ We are immersed in ourselves! The lyrics convey the idea of becoming so stuck in our own sticky experiences and identities that we struggle to truly relate to one another. We are all fish, and we are all swimming.”

“The lyrics came from free-writing together, selecting lines and ideas that we wanted to connect like a deconstructed jigsaw puzzle,” continues Anya. “We’re embracing our weird side, walking a tightrope between the personal and the surreal.”

Watch the video for This Is Water below:

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