‘Always Waiting’ | Curtis Godino Presents The Midnight Wishers | New Album due February 11
Exclusive video premiere of ‘Always Waiting’ by The Midnight Wishers, taken from their new self-titled LP, due February 11, 2022 via Shimmy-Disc/Joyful Noise Recordings.
Composed of lead vocalist Jin Lee and backing singers Rachel Herman and Jessica McFarland, The Midnight Wishers is the brainchild of Brooklyn-based artist Curtis Godino. Explaining the project, he wrote: “I’ve always been a fan of girl groups and old generic love songs. No matter how cheesy, they always get stuck in my head, so I decided I would try to make some of my own, with the help of my friends.” Thus far, they’ve shared two singles — ‘No Place Like Home’ and ‘He Loves Me Not’ — each defined by Godino’s own “wall of sound,” composed of fuzzy guitars, mellotron, analog synths, glockenspiel, and much more.
The album is set for release February 11 on NYC musician-producer Kramer’s Shimmy-Disc label, in collaboration with Indianapolis-based Joyful Noise Recordings. Paving the way will be the unveiling of three singles: “No Place Like Home,” “He Loves Me Not,” and “Always Waiting.”
‘Always Waiting’, the album’s opening cut, sets the mood immediately with a melancholy marimba and a chilly blast of blowing-wind effects. In a babyish, deadpan monologue, Lee introduces the persona that looms over the album: a long-suffering girlfriend on the verge of a violent outburst. In this case, she sits by a phone that doesn’t ring – waiting, wishing, wondering – and starts a call-and-response pattern with the backing duo, whom Godino’s production pumps up into a demented children’s choir. Her forlornness is palpable:
“As I sit waiting for tomorrow
Another day, another sorrow
When I look into the sky all I see”
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