Boston folk rock bards The Croaks have been relatively quiet since the release of their excellent sophomore EP Menagerie back in mid-summer. However, co-fronter Anna Reidister has been readying hushed, in-the-room ambience folk proper under the nemarca alias (who astute readers will recall opened our Left of The Charles fest with Brighton Bazaar back in October). We are pleased to bring you the the project’s single out today with a #rare Sunday post on the Pudding. Working in a studio (Beartone Studio in Waltham to be exact) for the very time, “111” is a ruminative, icy slice of solo guitar, echoing drone, and vocal trickery. nemarca plays a simple finger-picked riff, then doubles and triples it while layering at least as many vocal tracks on top to build a sort of chorus of loneliness.

nemarca had this to say about the track:

“The song is an exploration of what living in Boston felt like at the time I wrote it: cold, repetitive, lonely. It’s a dramatic breakup song, but it was how I was feeling at the time. I’ve got big feelings. It might be the most honest song I’ve ever written.”