‘In-between’ is the new album by Seattle’s indie pop act Rainwater, led by Blake Luley. It was recorded in his guest bedroom during a stressful couple years through graduate school and his first year as a teacher in the unholy year of 2020. In little pockets of time between school, a new job, and preparing to have his first child, he laid down bass lines, synth parts, and wrote songs. Even with this pieced together approach, ‘In-between’ is a fully realized exploration of grief, mental illness, and love. 



Throughout ‘In-between’, Luley’s introspective songwriting is accented by dreamy guitars, driving basslines, shimmering synths, glimmering lap steel, and rollicking drum machines. Despite most of the songs being about grief and mental illness, this is Rainwater’s sunniest, most upbeat album to date. Lead singles, “Glorianne” and “Us Only”, are New Order-meets-Fleetwood Mac with pulsing drums and catchy hooks. “Glorianne” is a series of questions to Blake’s late grandmother about what happens after life. While, “Us Only” tackles insomnia and commitment. Later, “Clean Air” is an ode to anti-anxiety medication in the time of climate change and channels the sunny goth of The Cure paired with the ramshackle pop of Arthur Russell. 



Throughout, Luley is playing the instruments, only accompanied with luscious harmonies by his wife Aviva Stampfer, cousin Amy Godwin, and friend Stephen Steen. Despite the home recorded effort, this is Rainwater’s sharpest songwriting and fullest production to date. Who knew working through the hardest experiences of your life could sound so fun? ‘In-between’ is out August 13th digitally, as well as on limited edition vinyl and cassette via Furious Hooves and The Home Dome.

Clean Air

In-Between

Rough draft.  My attempt at making a cloud rap beat :)

Peter Pan

Wave

Dream

Cottonwood Snow

Old Selves

Holding Water

Visiting

All I Need

Shadow

Goosebump Skin

Impossible Thing

Everything changing constantly: growing & shrinking & moving free

Bluebelly

Baby's Alright

The Rope

Soft, Heavy

Second single off Rainwater's debut album, Swimming In Sunlight, out now on Furious Hooves!

Digital: rainwatermusic.bandcamp.com/album/swimming-in-sunlight/
Tape/CD: music.furioushooves.com/album/swimming-in-sunlight/

Lyrics:
Coke and peaches, my teeth will surely stain 
Oh, my sweetness, I have y'all to blame 

Just let me swim in the sunlight 

Fake flowers now glitter on your grave 
Take my heart, the good parts, the rest erase/ 

Just let me swim in the sunlight 

We'd play in the grass, 
I'd probably pee in your pool 
and pick dead frogs out of the water 

The sun is setting now and the lights are underwater 

Just let me swim in the sunlight

Dead Frogs

Appears on Rainwater's debut album titled Swimming In Sunlight, out now on Furious Hooves.

Digital: rainwatermusic.bandcamp.com/album/swimming-in-sunlight/
Tape/CD: music.furioushooves.com/album/swimming-in-sunlight/

Lyrics:
You are spots of light and color
swimming across my eyes
when I first step into darkness

You are as real as the memory of day,
couldn't convince you to stay

You took my sunshine away
You took my light

You are a candle falling apart,
floating in the middle of the sea
as I stand at the humid shoreline

You are as real as ships sailing away,
couldn't convince you to stay

You took my sunshine away
You took my light


Ditmars

How longs it take to forget a place?
The light it gives and the life it takes?
Is all of the waiting in vain?
What a waste

How longs it take to create new space
Filled with ease, a familiar face?
Weightless and drifting,
'til there's reason to stay 

Hold on, take the time to breath
Know it's time and what you need
Say so long to the long dream,
A bittersweet retreat

Place EP

Place

I can't wait til it'll be
You and me on that rolling train
Sure, I'll miss my family
But I couldn't breath being who I'd be

If I stuck around here
And lay to waste any precious place
The golden part of my heart
Would, without doubt, disintegrate or break

I can't wait 'til I'll be
Rewired on that rolling train
A healthy desire 
To fall asleep without the sirens

If I stuck around here
Faking grace and out of place
The golden part of my heart
Would, without doubt, disintegrate or break

Rolling Train

Used to be a stones throw to say hello
But I was too stoned to let you in the know
I couldn't bare to make you fall apart 

You followed me to Devil’s Pond to see where I had gone
High tide in dirty water, where did we go wrong?
Beyond the trees, did you see me slip away?

Would've been a breeze to spend some time
But I bloomed in a heavy storm, your darling clementine
I couldn't bare to make you fall apart
Your fragile heart consumed by all my dark
Just hold me like we haven't drifted so far 
Used to need to be near you in the supermarket 

Mama, I'm floating, please pray for me
Maybe god’s in your head, still pray for me
After you read, before the book puts you to sleep
Pray and pray and pray until you dream

I felt no pull from something above
But I felt your care and I feel your love

Clementine

"Nablus" was created when I was volunteering in Nablus, Palestine in the summer of 2011.

Ajnabi- Nablus

We make dreamy indie-pop music in Seattle, WA.

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