Steve O’reilly – TV Shows That Go
Ever since humans started piling up in great big cities, they’ve felt forced to adhere to the community’s habits and principles. It’s made life safer, brought convenience, and, ultimately, erased their own ideas.
You just can’t sit around in a group for too long and not have its collective energy rub off on you. In much the same way, you simply cannot soak up information from the media without eventually getting addicted to the way it spins a tale.
With so much info bombarding us at every moment of every day, when do we find the time to be ourselves? With everything so clearly explained to us, when do we find the time to dream? This is what Steve O’Reilly wants to know.
Still, “TV Shows That Go” is a hopeful-sounding track. This is not music about the pending hellish mental dictatorship. It’s a song about how dreaming hard enough may just show you the way forward. This is a pop song through and through, something to chant while hoping for better days.
Peak 11 – Close Enough
There’s an extremely thin line that exists between reminding audiences of universal truths and patronising them. The very best artists in pop-rock are the ones who manage to survive in that delicate balance.
Sure, there’s a reason why certain songs appeal to the vast majority of listeners. But, there’s also a good reason why most of the songs on the charts feel like something that you’ve already heard before, like something that just doesn’t have enough freshness.
Peak 11 makes music for the people. Peak 11 is a band that wants to be liked. But the American group knows better than to assume that their audience is made up of adults who are all forced to deal with disagreements, breakups, and sadness.
“Close Enough” is a song about how pushing someone too close is always bound to push them away. Other than the hooky, pop-rock melodies, this is not your typical love song. “Close Enough” is an anthem for complicated relationships, the kinds that don’t often get sung about in pop tunes.
