Brooklyn-based folk rockers Bridget Davis and the Viking Kings boldly speak the truth on “Transient,” the lead single off their forthcoming first full-length album “I Wasn’t Planning on the End.” With Davis’s gentle voice gliding over drum clasps and guitar curls that recall the waltzing tracks off The National’s self-titled debut, the song unapologetically yet sensitively tells of the hurt we must do to one person in order to commit to another. Davis is a sharp songwriter, though, and the song never sinks into melodrama. In fact, the listener comes away almost broken by the track’s blunt honesty but in a beautiful, ultimately redemptive way. Bridget Davis and the Viking Kings’ “I Wasn’t Planning on the End” is scheduled for release in September. In the meantime, listen to “Transient” below. – Zach Weg (photo by Mara Auster)
