Conditions at Hickory, by Dreamweather

Conditions at Hickory

by Dreamweather

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purripop The feeling of urgency is all around, and the emergency alerts played in "Thunderheads" projects that feeling while later some feel like the music is trying to calm you while there's a storm. Favorite track: Thunderheads.

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1.	Foothills 02:08	buy track
2.	Daily Commute 01:08	buy track
3.	Thunderheads 03:12	buy track
4.	Interstate 77 03:10	buy track
5.	Squall 03:24	buy track
6.	Weather Bulletin 02:53	buy track
7.	Storm Update 01:08	buy track
8.	SVS 02:06	buy track

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"American Climatewave is an area of vaporwave that - as Signalwave listeners - I'm sure we're all familiar with at this point. The jazzy Weather Channel loops are milked pretty dry by now and that can be limited to artists with a personal attachment to American Weather broadcasting outside of such samples. But 'Conditions at Hickory' will utterly warp your perception of what American Climatewave can be.
The album starts out pretty calm. We're presented with relaxing bit-crushed jazz BGM that seems not too dissimilar to samples heard on albums like Narvon Nights. Gradually though, the album becomes more and more unsettling. You feel like it's trying to warn you about something, but you can't tell what. The progressively glitchy audio, beeping sounds assumed to be tornado warnings, and storm updates just tell you there's danger.

A fact that went completely over my head on initial discovery, 'Conditions at Hickory' is actually about the May 1989 Tornado outbreak that caused 7 deaths and $169 million dollars in damage. Dreamweather said the following on their Twitter:

"'Conditions for Hickory" is not for everyone. It was created to vent out some personal weather-related fears. You can probably pick up on what it is after listening. I hope those who haven't experienced such extreme weather take away something from this release. Weather is too unpredictable to not take seriously. Don't ignore the warning signs. Keep yourself and your loved ones safe."

A harrowing reminder to everyone, wherever you may live, about the unpredictability and danger that weather can bestow upon us."

-TV2 / @crtsignals

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released July 16, 2021

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