Jess Floam – Mach 3 Motormouths & Me
The world’s moving fast and everyone is afraid that life might be passing them by. That’s why almost everyone that you know is in a rush to get to the end. They all want conclusions, great realisations, and a satisfying ending to every story. It doesn’t matter if this reality was never designed to be this predictable, or that you may have your own story to tell.
People are in a rush to move, to win, and to speak. They want to talk more than you do; they feel satisfied only when they’ve made sure that their point of view has been represented, and they don’t often care if you’ve had the chance to respond. So, what are you left to do? You just carry the conversation in your brain, rearrange it and find the best possible outcome.
That’s what Jess Floam’s done, and the results have been fantastic. They’ve led to a pop song that’s charming, positive, and life-affirming. Floam’s found the best comeback lines and is using them for the clever, catchy “Mach 3 Motormouths & Me.” Floam’s not letting a world made up of egotists get her down, but rather embracing cheery, pop good vibes.
Lava Bow – THE DAY A FLOWER DIES
The world is, essentially, living inside of a James Bond intro that’s being played on a perpetual loop and mellow, French indie-rockers Lava Bow have figured it out and have decided to play along. After all, while it is the general mood of the times that defines the pop culture of the era, it’ll be the songs, movies and art made during this era that people will remember it for.
Furthermore, the bands trying to cater to our down-in-the-dumps mood are certainly doing us a service. They’re helping us to understand what’s going on when simple stats cannot. Is the world really doing so much worse than it used to be? It doesn’t matter what the figures say.
What matters is what people feel. Lava Bow’s “THE DAY A FLOWER DIES” is tender, but nearly funereal music that feels almost like the first moments after having received a punch in the gut. Lava Bow goes for dramatic melodic motifs and tries to score that feeling that nothing will be the same as it was again.
