Certainly So - “Patience”

SXSW 2024 - OEB Score: 7; Popularity Index: 5

Pairs Well With…The Decemberists, The Walkmen, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats

Sweet and breezy indie rock from Nashville, Certainly So deal in psychedelic pop melodies around a detailed, chamber folk core. Pretty harmonies, galloping percussion, and warm guitar tones highlight Certainly So’s two records Future Self Only Dreams and Dreams of Green, as well as a string of catchy single to follow including most recent track “Patience”. Romantic but played with a bit of distance, Certainly So take classic blues, rock, and R&B forms and layer them to points of grandeur before descending down to open space. The band smartly avoids melodrama even when their songs go bigger, sanding down their sound with tripped out vibrations when things get too by-the-numbers. (Kevin McStravick)