When approaching Fish and Scale, one must be ready to fully immerse in his personal and meaningful artistic universe. In it, you won’t find commercial tropes, pop clichès or ego-fuelled anthems. Instead, the listener will rejoice in discovering pure and unfiltered personal expression – music as it should be. You see, the German Folk artist values authenticity over everything else. In a way, art for him is a transformative endeavour, a tool for connecting with the deepest parts of his consciousness.
We’d say he manages that brilliantly. Take for instance ‘Stay!’, the project’s latest effort. In it, Fish and Scale serves up a rather unique brand of Folk music, drenched in acoustic, gooey goodness and introspective charm. Balanced between pop lyricism and folk solemnity, the record pays homage to our deepest feelings, offering solace and comfort to the keen listener. Known by day as Roland Wälzlein, the German talent also boasts a fantastic vocal tone, raw and gritty yet intense and evocative. This allows the lyrical material to really reach his audience.
Lyrically, ‘Stay!’ explores the way through which people can truly connect with the world around them. As Fish and Scale explains: “When we return to our authentic, heart-centred self-expression and truthfulness, it is quite easy to remain mentally present and experience fulfilment.”
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