tarantula weddings – luz (i would die for you to stay)
Similar artists: New Order, Echo & the Bunnymen, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Joy Division
Genre: Post-Punk
If ever you’ve been pushed by a stranger in the subway, you would’ve certainly told your friends or parents about it. If somebody had attacked you on the street for no reason, you would likely have written to your local television station.
If more of these things happened to you routinely, you would have become a poet or philosopher. And, if you simply can’t stand the boring attire of those people, then, most certainly, you would have become a musician and started a band, using your experiences as fuel for your creations.
tarantula weddings’ “luz (i would die for you to stay)” sounds like the work of fashion students who’ve had everything wrong happen to them in the span of a few months. The music is sleek, stylish, and imbued with enough resentment for the world to power a thousand nervous ticks. Funnily enough, this is just the way a lot of people feel each day which means that there’s a built-in audience for tarantula weddings’ modern art-rock.
Dan Graul – End Is The Beginning
Genre: Psychedelic Rock, Alternative Rock
Dan Graul understands that artists are just as lucky to nearly lose it all as they are to be rescued. This understanding informs the meditative “End Is The Beginning.”
I suppose that instinctively we all know this. Why would then so many pop stars talk endlessly about their near-death experiences, their drug addictions, or gambling away all of their money? It’s the fact that they’ve overcome such hurdles that makes us feel closer to them. We understand that they must’ve learned something, and we’re keen to know what it is for our own selfish purposes.
Dan Graul’s “End Is The Beginning” shimmers like a psych-pop chant aimed at the cosmos. It sounds simultaneously broken and hopeful. It’s a nice sound to hear in the morning. But it’s the lyrics and pathos with which they’re sung that are at the forefront of this. “End Is The Beginning” is part of Graul’s search for meaning. All listeners will identify with this deep desire.
