We first wrote about Dan Knishkowy’s Adeline Hotel back in January, when we praised the variety and emotion on his début album Leave The Lights. Today we are delighted to share a première of ‘Red Coat’, the first track from his forthcoming EP How Strange It Is To See.
The EP was written in one city and recorded in another, born during a time when Knishkowy was packing up and settling down and dealing with all the emotional stuff that comes with moving home. This feeling certainly comes across on ‘Red Coat’, a song all about the mixed feelings of moving on, a buzz of excitement and far-off regret bathed in a nostalgic sepia-toned light. Channeling Blood on the Tracks-era Dylan as well as Jason Molina and Small Sur, the track exists within that small and fleeting pocket in time and space that opens just before you take off from a familiar location, everyday objects taking on new importance as the seconds tick away and your surroundings can be seen outside of the context of your own unimportant worries and wishes:
Wore your red coat on the balcony
A little light for this time of year
If I keep answering all these questions about why I’m leaving,
I’ll probably be the last one hereL train’s not running late again
It’s every other weekend now right?
Probably rather walk it anyway
I told you I love this city at nightAnd I was thinking over it again
Not satisfied with what I find
These months alone are better spent
In the present, not on your mind
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The EP will be released digitally the first week of August, so expect a full review later in the summer.