Nic Norton and Alice Morell AND Vinyl Neón Reviewed
Nic Norton and Alice Morell – Gone
Rock n’ roll is all about the here and now, the need to celebrate the moment, and the reasons why finding solutions to problems at this very instance is a waste of time. It’s the kind of set of ideas that is so ridiculous when analysed closely that it makes you want to invest in a Master’s Degree in accounting and a gym membership.
It’s the sort of thing that makes you choose the opposite route and, in fact, obsess over the future and all of the things that you need to do to, eventually, be happy. Still, those who’ve lived enough will tell you that neither set of actions truly works the way that it should. Great things happen when you least expect, and they disappear when you’d give anything to make them stay.
Nic Norton and Alice Morell’s “Gone” isn’t just a lovely pop song sung with the intimacy of someone who knows you and might arrive with a cup of tea to your bedside when you’re feeling ill. It’s also a meditation on the nature of “good times,” and on the fact that it’s hard to appreciate what you have and even more difficult to know when it’s time to properly start living.
Vinyl Neón – Travesía Espacial
You and I are lucky music fans in a lot of regards. We can just open our streaming service of choice and instantly listen to nearly any song that we can think of. We can also acquire a large physical collection of recorded music that we have chosen from thousands that were available to us on the internet or inside of gigantic stores. Yet, aren’t we missing some of the magic of old?
If tales told by those older than us are to be believed, pop-rock music used to be a kind of refuge from the real world and was used by many as the building block for an entire fantasy universe. Consequently, so many great songs and albums had, at their core, lyrical concepts about escape to faraway places and a sound created to inspire long, lengthy listens. These are the same principles with which Vinyl Neón is working today.
“Travesía Espacial” is that kind of song. It is a Spanish-sung alt-rock song with pleasant pop melodies about a trip for two into outer space and outside of the madness that seems to have surrounded us. It’s not just the lyrics that are optimistic, but the music is also the kind that requires headphones and rewards those willing to spend a long time with it. This is a song for those looking to escape into their minds, and it’s something that’s still greatly needed today.
