Bouquet – Moon Was Made
What’s life without a bit of structure? A terrible mess, or a rockstar’s dream. Frankly, the latter is too much of a fantasy for the majority of us. Thus, we choose the former, and we make plans, take notes and organise our lives.
Most people need their coffee in the morning for greater reasons than just a chemical addiction. Folks need to check in on their loved ones, not simply because they fear for their safety. The majority of us need a place of work, not simply because we need money.
Bouquet soundtracks all the painful silences in between those activities. And just as emotions are a little too messy when dealing with plans, so are musicians when songs deal with longing, love, and routine.
Bouquet make ample use of “Moon Was Made” of musical elements that are programmed to click and moan at precise moments. That offers the ideal backdrop, the right minimalist setting, on which to talk about love, longing and why these feelings are hard-wired into our brains. It’s the structure needed for something that defies simple definitions.
MAUGER – Karolina
Maybe it’s never going to be as good as it should have been. Maybe people don’t fall in love the way that you imagined. And, perhaps, that’s the very reason why so many people write so many poems, songs, and stories.
MAUGER know the allure of nostalgia and can only find the coordinates for a true love affair while peeking through the past. Things were never going to be as good as you imagined them. And that’s why pop songs will continue to exist for as long as people inhabit this planet.
But what if scientists eventually manage to create perfection? What if there’s a Heaven that you can access? There’ll be no more use for songs except for the kinds that play in marches and parades. The world will be terribly boring once there’s nothing left to imagine.
MAUGER’s “Karolina” is a beautiful guitar-pop song about a first crush. Was it the magic of the moment, or the unfeasibility of it all, that made it seem so magical? Either way, MAUGER has the ability to export some of that otherworldly warmth from deepest memories. “Karolina” is a sweet, sweet song, and further proof that imagination always outshines reality.
