the Otherside

The Otherside is a San Francisco-based quartet with a haunting, highly original sound. Dead Trees is the band’s first full-length release, self-produced and self-distributed. Melodic and just slightly melancholic, the pace of the record ranges from slow to mid-tempo, with no barnstormers but rather a quiet intensity that builds and releases from song to song similar to the motion of waves. “Dirty Devil” has the most driving beat, combined with waterfall guitars in a solid sheet of sound...