Constellation Myths – A Consolation
Everybody knows what we’re tippy-toeing down here for. All this pop music must be consumed not especially because of thrills, but because we feel that we deserve some relief, and there’s little else and there’s little else that doesn’t stain the lungs and clog the arteries that will do it.
If you’re avoiding something, there’s a song in this whole business just for you. But there’s never ever any way to fully get rid of the things that we’re avoiding. It sticks around the corners of your eyes even when you’re making an effort to stare at the blue sky or the pretty flowers in someone’s backyard. Constellation Myths know as much.
And just like nuclear waste, you can only bury it for so long. At some point, someone’s going to come around digging, and they’re going to drill straight to it. You might feel sorry too, what with you being the one who hid it away in the first place.
“A Consolation,” the single by Constellation Myths, is a fisherman’s song. But it ain’t no ancient, jolly sea chanty. This time, the boat’s out in the water, so that whoever is on it doesn’t have to chew on all the resentment that’s been gathering over the years. Clever, sophisticated and unafraid to open the old ticker for all to see, Constellation Myths’ style of indie-folk sticks with you.
Felicity Urquhart & Josh Cunningham – Tone Deaf
You might feel entitled to a protest now and again, and you should thank your lucky stars if you live in the sort of place where police batons don’t immediately start raining on your head the moment you throw your fist in the air and start shouting slogans.
But you gotta think for a second about who you hope these slogans are going to reach. Do people really get convinced to support a cause because they feel shame, fear or boredom? No! Felicity Urquhart & Josh Cunningham know that audiences of all types need to feel love in order to join the march.
Sadly, nobody really protests for someone else’s sake. Not for long, at least. There is always some kind of selfishness at the heart of it. But it only makes sense. You can’t expect anyone else to solve your problems other than yourself.
Since the dawn of pop music, male-female duets have charmed audiences and have stormed the charts like Allied troops at Normandy. Felicity Urquhart & Josh Cunningham know what effect their voices cheerfully blended over a retro, surf-rock instrumental has on people. That’s precisely why they use these sharp tools, and not others, on “Tone Deaf,” a single about people fighting against oppression, and wishing to be heard. In this day and age, one has to use any trick to get across.
