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Duality

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The song “Duality” was conceived in 2009, the same year that Jenna and Daniel Watters began to write and perform professionally as a duo. Then, they were equally interested in folk and electronic music and in an effort to merge the two genres, Daniel created an electronic beat that was ultimately tucked away in his laptop as the duo decided to pivot to a more rootsy, folk-rock sound. But, that beat remained fresh to their ears for years, and the two kept trying to find a use for it through all their musical and personal evolutions, including three full-length albums, living in four different cities, and getting married and having a son. While writing for their 2021 album Intuition, Jenna had a stream of consciousness experience while driving home and recorded her singing some words and melody on her phone over the beat. Flash forward to early 2023, when The Watters were preparing to record once again and gave producer Daniel Creamer a grouping of the music they’d been working on. Despite having no vocals on it, Creamer loved the “Duality” beat and wanted to pursue it, so the Watters finished the lyrics Jenna had envisioned with help from Creamer on the arrangement.

As the first song recorded, “Duality” set the tone for the rest of the album in terms of dynamics, production, and vibe. Representing the polarity between opposites and the human experience of swinging between them, trying to find a middle way and the strength that can be found in connecting the two, the song reflecting all the challenges, learning, and growth both writers had to go through in order to finish it, with the full album standing as a triumph of The Watters’s evolution as people and musicians.

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Sometimes I get get caught up
In the moment, I lose control
I get down so low
As low as you can go

Sometimes when when i loosen my grip
Or I let go and just drift away
I get high, so high

I’m walking a fine line
Between sunshine
& Moonlight

It’s a dance between high tide
Lowli
Sometimes something happens
My reaction, breaks me
Just a glimpse of the action
Pulls me back again

The more I dwell about it
The further in I get
Things start to get cloudy
I start to forget
The more I dwell about it
The further in I get
Things start to get cloudy
I start to forget

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from Duality, released April 11, 2024

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The Watters Austin, Texas

The Watters is made up of husband and wife duo Daniel and Jenna Watters, whose timeless songwriting and dynamic musicianship embodies a sound they call “Americana Soul.” The band’s critically-hailed third album, INTUITION, was released in 2021, the same year that one of its tracks, “Deju Vu,” won the grand prize in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest. ... more

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