Case Oats - "Seventeen"
Photo by Braeden Long Case Oats is a Chicago band led by Casey Gomez Walker that formed seven years ago when she met Spencer Tweedy. The band just released a new single, "Seventeen," that has one of the more familiar sounds out there. It lands somewhere between indie rock and alt-country, with plenty of flourishes of each without either truly dominating. Gomez Walker's vocals are mostly a form of speak-singing of her poetic lyrics, while the music is beautifully noisy and twangy at alternating times. I hate comparing a Chicago based band featuring Spencer Tweedy with Wilco, but "Seventeen" has a Wilco meets Rilo Kiley sound, with a little Bob Dylan thrown in. If this is your introduction to Case Oats, prepare to welcome a new musical obsession into your life. Casey Walker Gomez says of her band's new single: “When you’re seventeen years old, everything feels like the most important thing in the world, yourself included. And growing up in a small town [Eureka...