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Impossible Weight was #1 on our Listeners' Top 90.3 Albums of 2020! See more at kexp.org Back on September 25th, Deep Sea Diver played a Lawn in the Morning session and you can listen to it here: www.kexp.org

Back on September 25th, Deep Sea Diver played a Lawn in the Morning session and you can listen to it here: www.kexp.org

"Coming off the heels of Secrets, we were dead set on the next record not taking as long to make. [Laughs] History Speaks came out in 2012. We released an EP in 2014 and then Secrets in 2016. So it's not like nothing happened in between but, y'know, there was some time. I felt some shame from that. So when we were coming off of Secrets, it all ended on a high note. One of the last shows we played was Wilco's Solid Sound festival. We were trying out some new songs and feeling really good and that was such a fun way to end that cycle. "Then we were going to go into the studio. We were just doing to demo, but I also thought it could lead into the next record. I put a lot of pressure on myself and, for whatever reason, I just completely hit a wall a month before we were going into the studio. I had a huge identity crisis and was dealing with a lot of anxiety and depression. Then by the time we got into the studio, it was the most lifeless experience. It wasn't right on all fronts. It's not that the people we were working with weren't talented. The alchemy was just not there. "I hit the brakes on that and we came home. We did five songs, I think, and I just loathed that experience. I came home asking, 'What am I doing?' On the way home, I was listening to a CBC interview with Feist. Her last record, Pleasure, hadn't come out. She releases a record every five years and I was like, 'Damn, that's cool.' I really respect people who own their own timeline and narrative, who are just like, 'Fuck you, this is my life. I'm doing it the way I want to do it.' So she's a badass and she was going through something similar before she made Pleasure. After Metals, she said she started building decks and taking a step back from music and working with her hands. She was like, 'I had to ask myself if 40-something Leslie wants to do what 16-year-old Leslie set out to do. And what does that look like for me now?' I think it's really scary to ask yourself those questions. It's hard to peer into that because you go, go, go and fall into these deep tracks. You're on this train and all of a sudden, when you have an identity shift or things aren't working the way you want, it's so good to ask yourself those questions. It's also fucking scary. So that happened to me and I had to ask myself those questions. Do I want to play in this band? How do I want to do music? It didn't make any sense, because we were coming off of a high with Secrets. It didn't make sense on paper, what I was going through, but we had to do it." bit.ly

Back on September 25th, Deep Sea Diver played a Lawn in the Morning session and you can listen to it here: www.kexp.org

Seattle's very own Deep Sea Diver's new album, Impossible Weight is out now! Back in September, Deep Sea Diver played a Lawn in the Morning session for KEXP. The introduction to this song was the best! Watch it to hear her story about asking Sharon Van Etten to sing this track with her: www.instagram.com thedeepseadiver.bandcamp.com

Seattle's very own Deep Sea Diver’s newest album, Impossible Weight is out TODAY! The band has been a core local KEXP group since their debut release back in 2012. In celebration of their amazing new record, we’re hosting a track-by-track listening party throughout the day, alongside exclusive commentary from singer/songwriter Jessica Dobson. This is the 8th track on the new album. Jessica Dobson from Deep Sea Diver will be at sonic boom records today from 4pm-6pm signing records! Back in September, Deep Sea Diver played a Lawn in the Morning session for KEXP. The introduction to this song was the best! Watch it to hear her story about asking Sharon Van Etten to sing this track with her: www.instagram.com thedeepseadiver.bandcamp.com

Seattle's very own Deep Sea Diver’s newest album, Impossible Weight is out TODAY! The band has been a core local KEXP group since their debut release back in 2012. In celebration of their amazing new record, we’re hosting a track-by-track listening party throughout the day, alongside exclusive commentary from singer/songwriter Jessica Dobson. This is the 8th track on the new album. Jessica Dobson from Deep Sea Diver will be at sonic boom records today from 4pm-6pm signing records! Back in September, Deep Sea Diver played a Lawn in the Morning session for KEXP. The introduction to this song was the best! Watch it to hear her story about asking Sharon Van Etten to sing this track with her: www.instagram.com thedeepseadiver.bandcamp.com