Hundred Waters
LA-based trio Hundred Waters - comprised of vocalist Nicole Miglis, producer Trayer Tryon and drummer Zach Tetreault - have just shared a new music video for “Fingers”, the third single from their long awaited new full length, Communicating, out Friday September 15 on Pod via Inertia Music (and longtime label OSWLA in North America). The hushed tones and raw emotionality of the song catches a fitting visual treatment from director Allie Avital in which the vulnerability of Miglis’s lyrics metaphorically manifest as a small army of over 12,000 live insects that crawl around and on top of her.
The video follows the recently released single “Blanket Me”, which earned a coveted "Best New Track" designation from Pitchfork. This accolade combined with the songs’ reserved and masterful executions illustrate the leap in composition, performance, and confidence the band has undergone in the three years since 2014’s critically lauded The Moon Rang Like a Bell.
Communicating is a grand and ambitious album with an increased focus on song writing that energises more than ever before. At the same time it’s more confidently experimental, unafraid to spike its pop hooks with noise, or build elaborate, fractal-like patterns out of Miglis’ multi-tracked voice. The album follows the release of their recent Currency EP as well as organising, curating, and performing at their fourth annual FORM Arcosanti festival. “From a broad lens,” Miglis says, “the album is a breakup. It starts with a need for independence and it ends with an ‘all better,’ like we did it: we learned, we loved, we separated, and now it’s time for the next chapter.”
