By Keith Walsh
Inveterate alt rocker Nick Sakes recently launched his fifth band, Upright Forms, and their debut album Blurred Wires, showcases his powerful one two punch of guitar and vocals, while Noah Paster on bass and vocals and Shaun Westphal on drums supply exemplary support.
“My Lower Self” is the new video single from Blurred Wires, with Sakes channeling his defiance and rage against the changes that come with aging. As Sakes mentioned in our recent interview, “It’s just plain and simple. Everyone has a body. Everyone’s body falls apart. Everyone’s body betrays them and it’s just like this outrage. It goes back on its ways, you know, the body betrays. I’ve had a lot of bodily betrayals in the last couple of years.”
Sake’s impassioned vocals and rebelliously inventive guitar action accentuate the powerful message:
“A body betrays/Goes back on its ways/bodily/autonomy”
From “My Lower Self,” by Upright Forms
The video combines live performance with vintage medical stock video and 2024’s artificially generated trickery, in a refreshing effort that wasn’t created hastily. Upright Forms is the fourth project of Nick Sakes for SKiN GRAFT Records, and Blurred Wires is filled with aggressively creative rock and roll.
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Review Of ‘Blurred Wires’ At Punk Rock Beat
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