Moviola – Slage Wave
Your enjoyment of the world might just depend on expectations. Still, with so many social media apps pushed into our retinas and so many people on those having such a wonderful time, you can’t blame regular people from wanting to also enjoy their lives.
Now, that’s not always been given. In fact, had you asked your grandpa, you’re likely to have been told that life’s supposed to be hard and it’s you who should learn to modify your demands. Moviola aren’t falling for it, though.
Maybe it is, as the movie-obsessed singer of the band says, a symptom of a broken age. Or, maybe, frankly, he’s just an enlightened citizen of North America, but a pleasant country-tinged indie-pop band is ready to shake the dream until there’s not much left of it.
“Slave Wage” is a gorgeous tune, complete with the kind of pretty, Dylanesque lines. Musically and lyrically, this is the sort of tune that could’ve been composed exclusively by someone who has been gathering songwriting experience for a long time.
It’s also a polite protest against a culture that thrives by getting its people to work until they die and never ask for sick days. Pretty song aside, asking for more might seem a little selfish. But ask the folks living like Buddhist monks on the Southern European Sun if they’d like to trade places?
Sunday Service – Tried and True
Nobody gets to sit on too many stages without, at least, hinting at some dance moves, and most perform simply to bring joy to others through dancing. It only makes sense. How can musical artists avoid moving their bodies to the rhythms that they create?
And, much in the same way, nobody listens to music or buys tickets to a show in order to feel miserable. Even supporters of gloomy, mournful styles of music are still, in their way, looking for a bit of relief. Even when they’re looking for songs of sadness, really, they’re looking for a good time.
But what bands like Sunday Service understand is that most audiences, even the really cool, well-informed members, would prefer a good night out to anything else. Give them a good beat and a song well-written enough to throw on a playlist, and you’ve made them happy.
Is Sunday Service just trying to make you happy with “Tried and True?” Very likely! But don’t think this to be a cheap, empty gesture. It’s more than the government and many of your loved ones are willing to do. Yes, this is a pastiche of modern indie influences, and the band is self-aware enough to whisper directly what it is that they want to do for you and how they hope to make you feel. Trie and true, indeed.
