Deep Sea Diver w/ Meernaa

In the middle of July 2023 in a Los Angeles studio, Deep Sea Diver mastermind Jessica Dobsontook a guitar solo but somehow felt nothing. Just days earlier, her Seattle band played a series ofsemi-secret shows for devotees at a hometown bar, de facto rehearsals for cutting a new record.The sets had gone well, but, almost immediately, the sessions didn't. The songs' essence seemed muddled, Dobson's conviction lost somewhere in the 1,000 miles between Southern California and the home studio she shares with partner, drummer, and frequent cowriter Peter Mansen. Onthat first night in Los Angeles, she broke down, wondering what she was doing there, what herband could do to fix it. For the first time ever, Deep Sea Diver retreated, heading home withoutan album. Did they need to scrap it all, to begin again with new material?