Community Corner
Waterstrider and Split Screens @ Sophia's Thai Kitchen
Take the train from San Francisco to Oakland. Walk through the parks and by the lake, the places where the turbulence of city life blurs into the serenity of redwood groves and peaceful birdsong. There you will find Waterstrider. Woven through with pop sensibilities, their songs are imbued with a sense of environment, with a weight and a presence that ushers you into the little worlds they create.
Waterstrider, now a rumbling and thundering five-piece, is led by Nate Salman, whose transfixing falsetto is at the core of the band’s sound – it rides atop a tidal wave of booming toms and congas, twists itself around guitar licks and then rises, alone, to new heights.
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In great bounds and on quiet tiptoes, Salman’s songs explore what it means to detach – from the city, from our expectations and from ourselves. His songs aren’t statements – they are questions. Open-ended, mysterious and heartfelt, they are for us as much as for him – a chance to step back and get lost. A chance to wonder.
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SPLIT SCREENS
Split Screens is a San Francisco band led by multi-instrumentalist Jesse Cafiero. Born out of his inspiring move out west, Split Screens began as Jesse's creative outlet on the side, slowly taking it's shape while he was busy making his name in the bay area as a bass player, sharing the stage at times with the likes of Thao Nguyen, John Vanderslice and Sean Hayes.
Crafted entirely at the enigmatic Coyote Hearing Studios in Oakland, CA, Split Screens' debut self-titled EP was produced and engineered by Jeremy Black (Apollo Sunshine). Highlighting the unique voice of the lap steel guitar, Jesse sang and played the majority of instruments on the record, along with the talents of session drummer Rory O'Connor (Tycho, Com Truise) and vibraphonist Geneva Harrison (Bells Atlas). The result is a dreamy compilation of songs blending between the themes of life and loss, at moments trance-like and reflective, at other times driven with cacophonous intensity.
Evolving recently from a studio project to a live band, Split Screens has started playing throughout the bay area and along the west coast. Looking forward, the band is set to release their upcoming debut LP in September.
