SONG PICK: Marissa Nadler – If I Could Breathe Underwater (Video)

Filed Under: Song Pick of the Day, Video — By: Oliver Bouchard

“If I Could Breathe Underwater,” is only one of the fantastic abilities Boston-based singer/songwriter, Marissa Nadler muses about in her latest song. Naturally, this happens in a dream-like state and so the song leads you into an unreal sonic world out of swirling melodies and intricate beats.

Marissa explains:

“When I wrote ‘If I Could Breathe Underwater,’ I was contemplating the possibilities of possessing various superhuman powers: teleportation, shapeshifting, energy projection, aquatic breathing, extrasensory perception, and time travel to name a few. As a lyrical device, I married those powers with events in my life, wondering if and how they could change the past or predict the future. I loved working on the melody for this song and bringing the choruses to their climaxes. Mary’s layered, hallucinatory shimmers really echo the netherworld of the story.”

“If I Could Breathe Underwater” is on Marissa’s upcoming ninth album “The Path of the Cloud,” out on October 29 on Sacred Bones and Bella Union.

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(Photo: Nick Fancher)