I Am A Rocketship are an American-Swedish indie pop duo, comprising of Eric Weissinger and L E Kippner, whose dreamy, urban-tinged and haunting music, casts spells and takes you on a crepuscular cruise, amongst the stars, moon and cosmic dust. They are a diverse act whose funked up basslines, razor riffs, pulsating beats and celestial synths, shine in the shadows of baroque-rock, dream-pop, shoegaze, new-wave, art-rock, synth-pop, dark-wave, post-punk and neo-psychedelia. Through their diverse mix of aloof mysticism and urban grit, I Am A Rocketship spin and orbit amongst dreams and transitional trips before falling heavily back down to earth. Through their eclectic escapades, I Am A Rocketship create music that jangles under the disco ball, whilst reflecting its darkness through its trapped prisms of light.

Following on from their ‘Ghost Stories’ LP (April 2020), ‘Mind Grafitti’ (2019), ‘Mission Control’ (2016) and ‘oRAnGE EP’ (2020), I Am A Rocketship have been busy putting art into music with their latest album, “Lies and Legends”, which is due for release in November 2021. To re-launch their magic, I Am A Rocketship released its first single “Fever Dream“, from the “Lies and Legends” album, on 24th September 2021, which has been selected as my Single of the Week.

As a track, “Fever Dream” shimmers and glimmers in a dry-ice-voyage of singed sonics, primordial pulses and throbbing tension. It’s a mesmerising track, whose pitter-patter of synths, translucently tinkle aside the thunderous riffs and tribal beats, like a brewing storm from afar. Through the ethereal vocals and hazy harmonies, “Fever Dream” floats freely on a dream-pop cloud, a 100 billion light years close to artists such as The Raveonettes, Broadcast and Stina Nordenstam. It’s a track that heightens the senses, alternating between the states of lucid levitation and feeling submerged by the smouldering undercurrents of seismic waves. Along with the jangly riffs, decadent drones and orchestral sweeps, “Fever Dream” quivers and trembles whilst descending deep within its molten core.

Photos by Katja Bjorn

Bandcamp https://iamarocketship.bandcamp.com/track/fever-dream
Pre-order https://iamarocketship.bandcamp.com/album/lies-and-legends
Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/772e03CWP0SSfAbbsMbCHd
‘Shooting Star’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Emyf4NSc-k