Gem Club: 'Marathon (In Roses),' Live On Soundcheck

Hear the entire session and interview: soundcheck.wnyc...
Listening to the music of Gem Club is like hearing time stand still: Spare and methodically muted, these songs not only ease you into this dreamlike world, but force you to stew in the emotional weight of each note. You can hear it in the piano chord's slow-drip pulse and sweeping cello lines -- which swirl all around Christopher Barnes' voice with such haunted beauty it aches in your heart. It's this interplay between the lovely and the melancholy that makes Gem Club so dynamic.
For its first two records -- the 2010 EP Acid And Everything and 2011's Breakers -- the Boston chamber pop trio recorded mostly in Barnes' bedroom. For many artists, that situation might be artistically confining. But Breakers' intimate yet exquisite sound transcended the small recording space. For the group's latest release, this year's superb In Roses, the band went to a new recording space, Tiny Telephone -- John Vanderslice’s San Francisco studio. And while still sparse, it's clear with songs like "Hypericum" and "Polly" occupy a wider sonic space as well. The result is an expansive, electronic soundscape that retains and builds on Gem Club's trademark warmth and depth.
Watch Gem Club perform "Marathon (In Roses)" from Breakers live in the Soundcheck studio.

[@vlewis0916]

New Amsterdam bought me here. This song is beautiful ❤

[@Sixfifteen81]

perfect ending music for the New Amsterdam episode it was used on.

[@pcressma]

I heard this song on New Amsterdam and fell in love with it.

[@iancantrell885]

It's been six years since the majesty of "In Roses" was released, subsequently sweeping me off my feet and stealing my heart. An album unrivaled in vulnerability and beauty. Gem Club...please release another album! Waiting patiently...

[@hazelbellydancer]

This song is currently my favorite song to listen to on repeat as a way to self-soothe. Today, I had a PTSD flashback and listening to this song on repeat allowed my brain to calm down and even out enough for me to function. The melody and his voice are incredibly calming.

[@LaughingSaint66]

This is so Operatic such beauty ❤️❤️👌

[@kyriaki4901]

His warm like velvet voice..

[@timetolive4869]

I am here because of New Amsterdam. So amazing. Thank you for this.

[@jenniferbrat]

it’s been six years since the release of this album and we haven’t seen much of gem club, but i hope they’re all doing well. thank you for giving us this masterpiece.

[@daniellankford7125]

Like drinking water after being thirsty for days.

[@BuckleyDiaz]

No I am not crying my life out . 😭😭😭😭

[@kristindean_]

Gem Club is pure perfection

[@conwaysuccess]

Wow beautiful!!!

[@alejgr]

Perfection...

[@virginievie9679]

Le même style que Novo Amor je trouve. J’adore ❤

[@virginievie9679]

New Amsterdam ❤

[@brat_86erf]

Der Text ! So eindeutig ! Schön!!!

[@lamees_er]

💙🌨

[@facundolucero7670]

PUREZA!

[@lamees_er]

🌪️

[@brat_86erf]

Gemclub ! Keine Karten ! Keiine Konzerte
. Nur "das edle Genießen" !!!

[@lindacollette1031]

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[@Madamnesia]

il ciuffo non mi piace per niente