LISTEN: The Natural Lines (Formerly Matt Pond PA) Share Guitar Swirling & Seductive “Its A Trap”

photo courtesy of the band

“It’s A Trap”, the latest single from The Natural Lines (formerly Matt Pond PA) is a laid-back, pensive piece that delves into the unrelenting restlessness of creative souls with plenty of charm to spare. As meditative as the accompanying video of Ceramic artist Travis Sudweeks at work, the track passively works its way into your psyche and puts the listener in the mood to go out and create, despite the many pitfalls that pop up along the way.  “It’s A Trap” is from the band’s debut First Five EP out October 14 via Bella Union. 

“The desire to create is a total trap. The repetition and the honing and the quest for fulfillment can be frustrating—maddening, even. The trap is that you can’t stop once you start. It’s never completed, never done. I may never reach the pinnacle of music with my raspy voice and my strange thoughts, but I’ll never stop trying,” says Pond.

“I can see this amazing affliction in all the people I admire—musicians, comedians, writers, visual artists, and potters. (Travis Sudweeks is a wild and brilliant creator with clay. Every time you see him work, you simultaneously witness the pursuit of greatness and the acceptance of human imperfection.)
In the basement studio, we keep trying to outmaneuver cynicism and hold onto a few solid slivers of euphoria. It’s a trap that we eternally set for ourselves in the pursuit of connection. Just some humbled human beings stuck underground and searching for hope.”

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