Enumclaw - Home in Another Life

Glance down the tracklisting for Enumclaw’s second record ‘Home In Another Life’, and it seems to paint a rather remorseful picture. Yet while some titles might offer up specifically vivid images of regret – ‘I Still Feel Bad About Masturbation’ says it all – there’s so much more here than first meets the eye. Much like on the Washington quartet’s debut, 2022’s ‘Save The Baby’, the album grapples with the full and often rough-around-the-edges spectrum of human emotion, as told via the compelling and, at times, wry songwriting of Aramis Johnson (“Change makes nothing the same / A stain on my pants can ruin my day,” he sings in a bizarre but brilliant one-two on ‘Haven’t Seen The Family In A While, I’m Sorry’). Sonically, the band are a scuzzy but tight unit, managing to play fast and loose enough with the rules of their garage-rock heartland to remain invigorating, all while evidently being that much more accomplished as musicians after two years of touring their first full-length. Another compelling chapter in Enumclaw’s story so far.