Shout! is another underrated early-era Depeche Mode song. Much of it is in a major key, sounds kind of distant and positive – but it’s bordered by a mildly dissonant header and footer. It makes for a nice complement. Who knows what they are talking about. “Break away tonight / I wanna hold your hand …
Monthly Archives: May 2019
music vs lyrics
embarrassingly for me, it is not usually about the lyrics. a song gets me with its melody, its chord progression, its impeccable choice of instrumentation. maybe not something to be so embarrassed about. after all, throughout college i had this whole thesis brewing in my head about how words are a mere articulation, oftentimes a …
Ladytron
Ladytron was always a band toying with time, memories. their first single, “Playgirl,” sounded like a song i knew and loved from long ago. it’s like the song was found after being lost for decades. it has such familiarity. i went through a big ladytron phase. jason introduced me to playgirl, and i bought a …
Pale Saints
a hierarchy, always. i find myself avoiding Chapterhouse and Ride and opting for Ian Masters-era Pale Saints (even pre-Meriel). it’s dumb, but the elitist in me feels like i get way more cred for this. (cred with who? uhm, nobody?…) more personal resentment. my feelings for Pale Saints gradually changed with each progression. to me, …
music from my formative years
the music i grew up with, in my formative years – i am so fortunate to have found music that connected with me so deeply. i have little need for new music. it feels like a bonus when i discover a new band or fall in love with a new song. but the love for …
favorites
what are the songs that stay with me? i have a few old faithfuls that i return to time and again. that may always be there, waiting to provide me with comfort. romulus & venusthe sundays’ first albumplainsong plainsong is a vast soundscape, it beckons tears at the first beat. glistening keys plodding along as …
Ice Machine
i have a renewed love for this song. when did it start? earlier in the year, i had my own synth pop renaissance after a brief yet intense Pet Shop Boys obsession. somehow i landed on Ice Machine, and i found the Rokysopp cover on youtube. that guest singer’s voice irks me, but i can’t …
now this is fun
riding the bus home today, on a drizzly spring day, i listened to “Now this is fun” by Depeche Mode. it’s an old favorite, an obscure track that i fell for back in the day. i used to dub songs off of jane’s brother’s new wave collection, and due to my limited amount of blank …
the pianist
once, josh bought me a piano for my birthday. he did an amazing job surprising me with it. the morning it arrived, i had even randomly left the room when it was delivered, and so upon walking back to the living room i suddenly saw a piano where previously there had been nothing. i was …