#19 of 366: Better, Caracara

This song gives me such Jimmy Eat World/Dashboard Confessional vibes and I am absolutely down for it. First of all, I love the album cover. Spotify really is failing me on the artist credit front. So simple, but so cool.

The songwriting is fantastic throughout the song. I’m talking Ben Gibbard-esque lyrics. Not necessarily for clever rhyming or anything like that but they just seem…luxurious to me.

“Lips were painted cherry red, and there are fossils in my head, you were young and full of dread, Bathsheba of the strip mall set, we knew vampires in our time, cutting in the bathroom line, looking bored and rolling eyes, ain’t pharmaceutically inclined”

But yeah, this song definitely feels like a throwback to me. Like farther than 2019 throwback. :) To me, that means if I feel like I’m getting Jimmy/DeathCab/Dashboard vibes from an indie band, then these guys have some chops. 

When lead singer Will Lindsay starts belting out “I thought you knew me better” at 4:38 we’re again channeling this breaking of an emotional damn. He’s letting some stuff go for the rest of the song. It just feels like a release.

Oh and get this…

Barely over 8000 people listen to this band a month. You are in on the ground floor!

Halfway in and I’m feeling Angels and Airwaves vibes too. I’m really looking forward to diving into more of their catalog. Let me know if you hear any that you particularly liked!

Oh and fucking props to this song for clocking in at 5:48. We don’t have enough long ass songs anymore!

As always thanks for reading! Enjoy!

(is it weird to say “as always” on…checks notes…Day 19? I dunno, but if you’ve been here since Day 1, we’ve been through some shit already together!)