The last time we talked, you didn’t have much to say.
You were feeling the weight of your eyes.
We’d been to the art store. Your hand on your glass
left fingerprints in condensation.
It was early Friday evening; the sun was just setting;
we went driving too fast with cigarettes burning,
our mouths shaping women — we are loose with our words
passing long-distance runners on the side of the road
because it’s early in the evening; the sun is just setting;
we are driving too fast with your arm out the window.
I first heard Chris Bathgate at performance by a student dance company on the campus of UC Berkeley. They danced to "Eliza (hue)" and I knew right away that this was an artist I had to find. It took a little bit of luck and google kung fu, but I'm definitely glad I tracked him down. "Borders" is another stand out track and I love "Everything (Overture)", especially the live NPR Tiny Desk version. Connor Welton
Thanks to records like this and the output of other artists like Jake Xerxes Fussell and Kaia Kater, I'm slowly recuperating the time I wasted overlooking American folk music and country. Ben Harris
"Dustups" continues Body Surfer’s exploration of intimacy and personal history, rich acoustic folk deep in meaning. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 24, 2021