The Collect Pond - Washing Dishes
THE COLLECT POND RELEASES ‘WASHING DISHES’
The Collect Pond introduces “Washing Dishes,” a track from the EP, In The Garden, which releases August 7.
The Collect Pond
The brainchild of Danny Moffat, The Collect Pond’s sound embraces lo-fi indie pop. In The Garden’s genesis occurred when Danny relocated from New York to the tree-lined college town of Cambridge, MA. He began laying down tracks in the shadow of the pandemic and chose the title “in the garden” because it reflects a space simultaneously private and public, and was his sanctuary during social distancing.
Guided by suggestions of songwriting sage Charlotte Hatherley, the solo artist and prior member of Irish pop-punk outfit Ash, along with inspiration from Brian Eno’s “Oblique Strategies,” a card-based method to enhance creativity, Danny fashioned the music for In The Garden, venturing into previously unexplored sonic regions.
Danny’s career began in Bellingham, Washington, where, at the age of 15, he recorded his music on a 4-track recorder, followed by writing and recording in Seattle, New Zealand, Portland, NYC, and Boston. He played guitar on Que Believe’s “Diamonds,” and toured with It Was Romance, along with being a session musician for producers Soca Rebel and Ray DaPlug. And he learned the ins and outs of audio engineering at Diamond City Studios while working with Ayad Al Adhamy.
There’s a delicious, elusive quality to Danny’s voice, full of pensive inflections, imbuing the tune with subtle quirky energy.
“Washing Dishes” travels on low-slung, lo-fi dirty guitars on a smooth rhythm propelled by a throbbing bassline and tight, crisp drums. Danny’s voice, light and rich, infuses the lyrics with tasty nonchalant reflections on working as a dishwasher.
There’s a delicious, elusive quality to Danny’s voice, full of pensive inflections, imbuing the tune with subtle quirky energy.
“Criticized by my manager / Says I'm a slacker / I'm starting to lose at la trattoria / Washing dishes and working til 3 like I do / Then I go out to morning / Run on taurine and heavy Italian food / I don't know where I'm going.”
“Washing Dishes” delivers potent, palpable textures of delectably rasping guitars topped by Danny’s philosophical, hypnotic tones.
