37 Houses have been writing about their marriage as it’s happening, not after. That’s the whole project. Erin Sydney and Jeremy Rosenblum started the band just after getting married, right as lockdown hit, and the songs have kept pace with whatever came next.

‘Honesty Is Everything’ sits right in the middle of that timeline. It feels like something pulled straight out of an ongoing conversation. Nothing is really settled. The band plays it tight, but there is a slight rush to it, like they are trying to keep up with something that is moving faster than expected. The track comes from their upcoming album ‘When and How It Happened,’ written over about a year and a half while they were figuring out what it meant to open their relationship. Some of these songs were written without knowing how things would turn out, and that uncertainty stays in the recordings. There is no attempt to tie everything together neatly…the way the album was recorded adds to that feeling. The band tracked the instrumentals together in a rented house in the Colorado mountains, finishing them over four days. You can hear how quickly it came together. Vocals and acoustic parts were recorded later in their bedroom, which keeps everything close, and at times, a little uncomfortable.

<a href="https://37houses.bandcamp.com/album/when-and-how-it-happened">When and How It Happened by 37 Houses</a>

There is also a shift in perspective across the record. Sydney takes the lead on a few songs, writing directly from her own point of view. Other tracks move through specific moments, a few days with someone else, the stretch of time that followed, and the effort to hold on to something steady. ‘Honesty Is Everything’ does not try to resolve any of it. It just drops you into the middle of it.

‘When and How It Happened’ is out May 29.

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