In a single day of marathon recording at 25th Street Recording in Oakland, CA, Waterstrider was able to craft their new full-length release, 25th Street Sessions (out on October 30th). These tracks are a balance of hard-hitting, jammed-out reinterpretations of indie rock songs from the Waterstrider catalog, alongside some emotionally-laden ballads. Primarily the moniker of singer/songwriter Nate Salman, this time around Waterstrider became a collective of Salman and powerhouse Bay Area musicians Patrick Aguirre (Emily Afton, Yassou Benedict), Antrom Alexander (Desert Friends, Eyes on the Shore), Kevin McCann (Madame Ghandi, Eyes on the Shore) and Cory Tauwoo (Tauwoo, Eyes on the Shore), alongside guest features from Jeff Kolhede, Anton Patzner, and Elena Shelton. 25th Street Sessions is also being released as a series of videos that intimately document the day-long recording process, showcasing the musical chemistry and joy shared between these incredible musicians.

Waterstrider’s fifth major work ‘Overturned’ is pulsing with intricate instrumentation, vivid lyrics and avant-garde performances, Nate Salman’s latest album is a hauntingly profound journey of orchestral folk and ethereal art-rock.

Exploring the contradictory nature of the psyche in a world teaming with both overwhelming beauty and human-made problems, ‘Overturned’ pivots between feelings of loss and wonder. Using fantastical motifs, weaving mythology with everyday experiences, this album belongs to the realms of science fiction and folklore and yet reads as a series of heart-wrenchingly human songs. Waterstrider stands at the precipice of a wounded world and meditates on life and death, finding solace in forces of nature and the order of the cosmos.

At the core, ‘Overturned’ presents otherness as a virtue and a path for bringing equilibrium and collective healing to an off-kilter world. Dying beasts call for help in ancient forests, the ouroboros snake consumes and rebirths itself, flowers grow in abandoned cities. Waterstrider’s lyrics evoke the epic poems of TS Elliot, William Blake and EE Cummings, delivered with their ‘wildly captivating falsetto’ voice.

Including collaborations with Elena Shelton, Tauwoo, Antrom Alexander and Cole MGN, the album is heightened by artists who are magnetized to Waterstrider’s world. ‘Overturned’ was recorded and produced in Oakland, where Salman continues to write and regularly perform.