REZA – Layla On The Street
There are numerous preposterous conspiracy theories from which to choose; they live mostly on the internet, and there are people willing to support them with their last breath. If you’ve ever entertained a crazy idea, there’s someone out there, most likely, willing to make you believe that it all somehow makes sense.
One of those theories is that, in recent times, various odd physical phenomena or supernatural events have caused time to contract. Yes, time is shrinking and that’s the reason why you’re not getting anything done in time.
But, psychologists have a much more banal explanation, and probably the right one. Can it just be that most of us are busy doing the same things and every day adding a little less enthusiasm than we used to? And, can it be that the times in which we could be creative, we’re spending on tawdry social media posting?
Here’s a solution for you? Listen closely to REZA’s “Layla On The Street!” The song’s a delightful, gentle mix of folk guitars and poppy melodies. It’s a song not just about childhood, but about the wonder and enthusiasm that, for many, only occur during those formative years. REZA’s seeking innocence through the music here and through a philosophy for how life should be lived.
The Whiles – Colors of the Year
There’s such an influx of knowledge spread out in the world that you have to stop and wonder sometimes if any of it has any importance at all, or how people can still find a way to absorb it.
Yet, the right kind of information delivered to the right people at the right time can change the world. It took just a few religious texts to destabilise Scotland and Britain and to make the isle switch religions nearly overnight.
In that case, why should we be surprised that gloriously beautiful sounds exploring life’s great truths and questions would make some people want to alter their lives completely?
The Whiles’ “Colors of the Year” is a gorgeous folk-rock sound where harmonies are treated like some kind of device meant to communicate with the angels themselves. This sounds like music inspired by similar-minded music by the likes of Fleet Foxes or CSN, and it’s easy to understand why a musician would fall in love with trying to recreate these kinds of magical sounds.
