IAMEVE – Desire
It all ends too quickly, and the audience often even wonders why the whole thing got started in the first place. Concerts nowadays feel more like television viewings with expensive catering involved, and there’s no reason it will all change anytime soon.
But people used to go crazy at these sorts of gatherings, right? People would look for the music to help them fall in love or help themselves out of a particularly unpleasant relationship. Is it too much to ask for modern music to be able to hypnotise you?
IAMEVE makes its appearance just in time. But it will take some convincing to get regular audiences believing again. It’ll be a while before people embrace their lust for life, lust for each other and love for music once again.
IAMEVE’s “Desire” is a gothic-inspired, mini theatre piece. The song begins with a confident spoken-word part issued as a kind of offering to the Gods of love. It all then moves into something of a delirious-sounding groove, an orgy of hope and love. Imagine this live, and think about this filling up a concert space? That’s enough to make you want to get dressed up and out the door, finding whatever piece is missing from your life.
Nick Faye – Means That Much
It’s awfully nice knowing that people go through terrible things, that they need to overcome horrible obstacles of a personal nature. No, I’m not exactly a sadistic, but then again, the vast majority of us, rather are in a way.
We look to pop music and to our peers to give us an understanding of our lives. We measure ourselves by the height of the lives of others, and we open the radio or go searching for new music, hoping that we’re going to find some truth about us.
That’s just the way it goes. Nick Faye speaks the language of millions, yet tells a story that, judging by the amount of details brought to it, is very much his own. But that sure beats all of the made-up stories of car ownership and attractiveness to others that pop songs are filled with nowadays.
Nick Faye’s “Means That Much” is a bittersweet guitar-pop song. Its hooks are in the right place, and so is its heart. And hearing Faye righteously singing a love affair that should’ve blossomed, but somehow didn’t, it’s hard to feel as alone as you might’ve felt before the song began playing. There’s truth in this music, and it’s a mighty nice thing that someone shared it.
