JOSEPH leads a bunch of badass all-female indie rock bands on my list, including The Last Dinner Party, boygenius, and The Beaches. It really seemed like a banner year for that on my playlists. There are some incredible, incredible songs that I really look forward to diving into with you all!
The beginning of this song is like lighting a fuse. We slowly follow it’s sparking as the wire winds this way and that, until we finally explode.
Or it’s like we’re tip-toeing up behind someone to scare them, and there’s that hushed anticipation before we finally spring on our prey!
This song is both explosive and “prowly”. I made that word up, but somehow I think the meaning will make sense.
“Those green eyes are my green light, I’m giving up on control, you see red lights, I see me blowing straight through to you…If we’re headed for the cliffside, I’m ready for the fall, if you know me at all, you know I don’t need lights to decide, I’m not changing my mind“
The three-part harmonies these women hit are so powerful and I just love how all the instruments work so seamlessly together. There’s such a steady rhythm throughout to guide us on the ups and downs and some really hard-hitting percussion at some perfect spots.
The best part of this song I think is just the energy it instills. We’re very often driving to a peak in this song, and when we go over it we’re surfing a tidal wave of emotion. To me it’s a “soul song”. A soul song is just one that hits you so deep you can’t help but move with it and feel it.
That’s that stuff we have to pay attention to in life. That stuff that feels a little bit like lightning for us. We’ve been trained by all the stimuli in our life so well that we miss that lightning feeling and forget we can create it. Start paying closer attention. I promise you won’t be sorry.
This particular four-lyric group is such a roller-coaster, but the sequence of lyrics and melody is just a dream.
“Thought I could read you, but I lost my place, now we’re on different pages, I need you“
How amazing is that description of a relationship dissolving? That juxtaposition and irrational feeling of “we’re not right for one-another anymore,” and “I still can’t imagine life without you.” The dichotomy of thought that we’ve all known intimately at one point or another.
I think this song does a great job of recreating that dichotomy to what being in a relationship like that feels like. Moments of slow sweetness. Maybe this can work? Building tension to an eventual blowout. Things unsaid for too long come spilling out.
I might be a dirty and painful cycle, but we’re all in for it on this song. Thank you ladies!
Shout out to the tambourine on this song. I hear you lil’ guy!
Thanks for reading. Enjoy! Let me know what you think of the song!
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