Northfield – It’s Too Easy
It’s too easy to find impossibly cool, good-looking, capable people when trying to hire people for a movie or a band. How do I know? I’m not part of that crowd, sure. But I can only go by all of the films that I see and the songs that I hear.
On the other hand, all of the producers who hold the power in these creative fields may want to readjust their strategies. People with incredible qualities always seem easy to find for these kinds of projects, but very rarely are they embraced by the public.
That is, I believe, because people, for the most part, like seeing others just like them doing marvellous things. People want to see others like them wrestle fate down to the ground and, occasionally, win one. It gives them hope!
Hearing Northfield’s “It’s Too Easy” may just provide the hope that you need to navigate through this week. That’s how it worked for me! Why? Maybe it’s the style of the lyrics talking about how accepting defeat would simply be too easy to accept. Or, maybe it’s because Hearing Northfield sounds like a spirited little band fighting against itself to produce this. Either way, the result is sensational!
The Tics – Echoes
Don’t get stuck on happy endings. They rarely are all that they’re cracked up to be. And, in very few cases, are they reported on accurately. They just end up being added to a Hollywood movie by a lazy writer who just wants to get back to working on their pet projects.
What’s a happy ending for a truly great artist? If you know the familiar tales, the story might just entail bringing something beautiful, challenging and, generally, incomprehensible to the general masses, into this world. The Tics have got this covered.
The second act, typically, will involve a whole lot of silence. The world ignores the great artist because, frankly, they don’t understand. But, great news, in the third act, the artist dies and their work is analysed in schools, shown in museums, and praised by the leaders of the country.
Don’t expect too much from positive outcomes. Those are dull. The Tics have huddled themselves in their practice space, have reamed the world away and are left with a song about existential dread. “Echoes” is a strong, emotional rock composition. It’s a song that fully bears the fingerprints of its authors. And, it sounds like, precisely the music that the band wanted to share. Scholars may pore over this in the future, but wise men know that there ain’t much to that.
