Deep Sea Diver has shared new track “Impossible Weight,” which features a stunning guest verse from Sharon Van Etten. The driving title track from their third album (due October 16 via High Beam Records / ATO Records) is accompanied by a video — watch it below.
“For this video I thought, well… if we cant play shows right now then I’m going to take my light box (a prop we bring on tour that I stand on top of when I play guitar solos) and I’m going to bring it into a myriad of untraditional places,” bandleader Jessica Dobson says. “We wanted to create scenes of absolute beauty, of loneliness, of power—of the human spirit being fully alive, even in a time of sadness and uncertainty.”
“I chose the Neptune as the final shot because that is the venue in which I saw Sharon Van Etten play at the night before we recorded the song,” Dobson continues. “I’ve been a huge fan or hers for quite some time and I was deeply moved and inspired by that show. The next day, I literally said out loud as we were recording, “I wonder if Sharon would ever sing on this?” Having never met her, it was definitely a pipe dream question that somehow ended up working out and I’m eternally grateful for it. She brought so much to this song and brought it alive even more.”
The band — led by Seattle’s Jessica Dobson (once the lead guitarist for Beck, The Shins and many more) — recently shared the video for album highlight “Lights Out,” which was created by Dobson herself and displays the guitar tablature for the song as the notes are being played. The video debuted via FLOOD Magazine, who praised the band’s “guitar-focused pop music with a glossy sheen.”
Following a year featuring tours with Wilco and Joseph, Deep Sea Diver has hardly stayed quiet. In April the band released “Stop Pretending,” a single born of their weekly live-streamed performances from their home studio during the initial period of social isolation. The single struck a chord with fans and press alike, even earning a slot on NPR Music’s “Favorite Songs of 2020 (So Far)” list.
