Mar 5, 2025 | Causeway
American noir synth duo CAUSEWAY found inspiration with CR-78 for the title track of their latest release. Check out the track and the excerpt below from their interview with ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK.
Comprising of Allison Rae and Marshall Watson, CAUSEWAY's first full length album ‘We Were Never Lost’ was released on "Italians Do It Better" in 2022 to immediate acclaim, with syncs on Netflix TV shows ‘Never Have I Ever’, and ‘Riverdale’ to reinforce that praise.
The ‘Anywhere’ title song is different to what CAUSEWAY have done before as it is more Motorik and minimal, how did this track come about?
Marshall: I wanted to break out of the slow mo thing for a bit. I’m a fan of NEU! and other ‘Kraut’ rock styles… COLD BEAT do that sound really well too, see also WAR ON DRUGS. I’ve been experimenting with that style of production for a while, but nothing really took hold. With ‘Anywhere’, we’d tried a few different angles on it, and then I got a really sweet Cherry Audio plugin of the CR-78 drum machine… that sort of sealed the deal for the sound. We were already working on the lyrics, the rest of the song developed naturally. I asked Dale from ENDLESS ATLAS if he’d do some guitar work for us and he nailed it. To me it feels very ‘out of the box’ for CAUSEWAY but it fits in our universe.
Allison: Anywhere is definitely different from the songs we usually produce. It’s lighter with a softness that shines through its harmonies but it works. It serves as a beautiful contrast to the darker tones of the other tracks and gives the album a moment to breathe.
Anywhere · Causeway · Endless Atlas Anywhere
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Released on: 2025-02-14
Producer: Marshall Watson
Producer: Allison Rae
Composer: Marshall Watson
Composer: Allison Rae
Music Publisher: ASCAP