Cold Venus Revisited – In the Garden (Full of Love and Frustration)
All these people come looking for something. You see them getting off of planes, buses and trains. You notice it in the look in their eyes. And, you imagine that they’ll be willing to do just about anything to find that “something.”
That, and all the ghostly stories, are why people come to places like Prague, Paris or Bergen. Sure, there are those who just enjoy travelling or merely want to get drunk on beer, wine, or vodka. But, for the most part, just like Cold Venus Revisited, people are looking for a mystery.
Now, the only trouble besides not knowing exactly what clues you’re supposed to try and locate is the fact that once the mystery is revealed, there’s no way of telling whether you’re life will be improved, or seriously damaged by it.
Yes, Cold Venus Revisited do come from the world’s most mysterious and fascinating of cities, Prague. And, yes, “In the Garden (Full of Love and Frustration)” is not so much a rock song as a para-psychological explanation of the unknown using hypnotic sounds. The band’s music always feels like it’s leading listeners down a path and towards a door. It’ll be up to you, however, to open it.
Escape Artist Lovers – Hey Motherfucker
This world, and whoever truly owns and makes up the rules for it, has enough troubles to hear without having to listen to the latest plea from the world’s greatest artists. It’s a sad fact, but it works much better than “War and Peace” or “Symphony No. 9”; it likely got tossed in the garbage pile before Leo and Ludwig took a shot at it.
Don’t be sad! Just learn to speak a language that the world can be afraid of. Escape Artist Lovers have spent time deciphering it and can help. They know, and so should you, that this mean old world won’t listen unless you whisper softly enough that it needs to strain to hear, or scream loudly enough that it needs to cover its ears.
Taking a page right out of Lou Reed and the Velvets’ debut in both sound and over-the-top, impossible levels of coolness, Escape Artist Lovers deliver a song of love and hatred with “Hey Motherfucker.” The object that has caught the affection of the rock n’ roll duo risks being ambushed with roses before being stabbed to death with each thorn of those. The band goes from a whisper to a colossal scream. And wouldn’t you know it? The world stops and listens.
