hounding. – jellyfish
The majority of people will worry horribly about having to speak in front of a group of people. They will have trouble sleeping, won’t be able to eat, and will eagerly await the moment when they won’t be forced to share their ideas with anyone. And, indeed, that’s, perhaps, the main reason for there being so few, and often not very talented, public speakers. It’s a good gig because nobody else wants it.
So, if that’s true, we can forgive the majority of people who get up on a stage or start writing songs for wanting to maintain their dignity intact. They comb their hair, dress as well as they can, and, whenever possible, they write songs about made-up characters. It takes guts to show yourself as you really are, and to share your hurt and dissatisfaction as hounding. manages to do.
The fact of the matter is that emotional vulnerability is terrifying, especially when you know that anyone in the world can access it. But that’s the key to really inspired work. This is why hounding.’s “jellyfish,” taking inspiration from the emo and post-hardcore bands of the 2000s, delivers a theatrical, ultra-dramatic performance centred around a feeling of falling into an abyss without any hope of escape or redemption. It’s well-designed work, but changes little of the fact that courage has to be involved in making anything like this.
naive nature – visitation
It’s like the song of the spheres or Michallangelo’s Sistine Chapel. There’s just a perfect symmetry to alternative-rock, some rules that when respected give out the perfect sound, all full of emotion and devotion.
Of course, some artists choose to ignore these rules. But first, you must know that they exist. And, secondly, just the fact that they choose to deny these regulations is enough to make songs stand out.
But bands like naive nature know that there’s potential in the familiar and in the road-tested. After all, when so many had so much success with certain formulas, the obvious conclusion is that these strategies work, right?
That’s why “visitation,” the latest single by naive nature, opts to use the basic formulas of alt-rock – great dynamics over emotional, but ambiguous lyrics. And, wouldn’t you know it, before you’ve had time to realize what exactly is going on, you’re inundated by trickier feelings and more head-banging than you know what to do with. Ad, if that’s confusing, no worries! The song is short enough that you can just play it again until it all starts to make sense.
