Witch’s Wall crafts a seamless brew of dreamy indie pop and psychedelia-shaded experimental rock. Beginning in northeast Alabama, lead songwriter David Smith was raised in a large family of music enthusiasts. Upon discovering 311 in middle school, and Radiohead in high school, Smith shifted focus to music before relocating to Birmingham. As his tastes changed, so did his songwriting style, and by his twenties Smith was drawing from a deeper well of artistic influence, citing artists like Grizzly Bear, Luke Temple, and Canadian singer-songwriter Andy Shauf as inspirations. After meeting Benjamin Giles (guitar), the pair played in a series of bands before uniting with schoolmates Matthew Perkins (bass) and Brandon Lett (drums) as KYLE. They studied by day, and by evening, they refined their skills on-stage and in Lett’s makeshift home studio. Now aided by Smith’s cousin Dylan Corker (keys), the band began cementing their panoramic indie rock stylings. With a new name and a new focus, Witch’s Wall finished their self- titled full-length debut for Birmingham’s Cornelius Chapel records in 2019 and will be released April 3rd.
Glide is proud to premiere the title track for Witch’s Wall, a contagious track containing the whimsical surf influenced indie of Mac DeMarco and jazzy overtones of King Krule. Witch’s Wall has made mellow the new edgy with this inspiring composition that crafts alluring harmonies with an emotive mix of lush keyboards and ethereal guitars.
“Witch’s Wall” reflects on the folklore underpinning a haunted house in northeast Alabama,” says Smith. There, a young family met a tragic end, and afterwards, visitors faced an optical illusion that made it seem as if they were trapped. In the song, we interpret the illusion as a final attempt to retain what lives remain–those of the visitors who returned to the scene–as we address all that was lost to this young wife and mother. The Alabama State Fair in the video comes and goes each year, and for a short time, visitors occupy the same space as those who came before them.
