‘Bad Day’ by Sinking Ships offered an indie folk portal into the soul of the 70s –

Sinking Ships followed up their eponymous debut LP with the release of Bad Day, which dropped on October 24th and fused the rhythmic structures of the Rolling Stones with the seraphic bliss of indie folk nostalgia. As a record firmly rooted in the 70s sound, Bad Day is a vessel of escapism; it pulls you away from the pain of the present, nestles you into the tonal soul of the past, and strips the weight from your bones with vocals that find themselves between the eccentricity of Zappa and the effortless resonance of Bob Dylan.

The vintage soul of the single carries an unshakeable sincerity as it meanders through its wistful progressions. With each chord change, you’re ushered further from the present tense and deeper into the warm glow of a time when rawness was a currency, not a liability. There’s a restraint in the arrangement that gives it breathing room, but never at the expense of the soul that seeps from the folk rock sermon.

Clearly rooted in their commitment to penning timeless soundscapes with meaning stitched into every measure, Sinking Ships aren’t interested in trend-hopping or surface-level sonics. Their ability to strip everything back without sounding stripped down is more than enough reason to implant them on your radar and your playlists.

Bad Day lands as a transportive release that offers refuge to those in need of a sonic time machine to something more organic and emotionally honest.

Bad Day is now available on all major streaming platforms, including Spotify. 

Review by Amelia Vandergast