Sugar Horse – Would You Like Me To Be The Cat?
Whoever gets to stage the Apocalypse will surely develop a massive ego problem once the whole pageant is over. Just think about all the fire and brimstone, and most importantly, all the people standing around watching with their mouths agape, trembling with emotion, unable to move or look away. That’ll be the hottest ticket in town.
But you’ll have to excuse the director. Artists know that they have a tremendous and rare opportunity to make others feel uncomfortable. The designer of the Apocalypse, just like Sugar Horse, wisecracking doom-peddlers from England, are simply thrilled to get an audience begging for crumbs from the palms of their hands. How many of us have stories good enough that the world will feel forced to listen to them?
There’s something in the way that Sugar Horse’s “Would You Like Me To Be The Cat?” is designed that makes you want to respectfully put your phone away and be silent. The first part of the song is designed like an early song by The Cure, with Davey Havok tasked with providing vocals. The latter part of the song sounds like the final Olympic closing ceremony that the world will ever know. It’s hard to look away, right? And if that’s the case with you, the band will feel like it’s done its job.
Corpus Delicti – FATE
Many novice musicians have found themselves having to field questions from their friends and relatives about why exactly they would choose to make melancholy-filled, cloud-covered, rage-soaked music.
After all, there are so many other options, and the vast majority of them seem to represent a closer route to success. Why not just play the kinds of love songs that most people seem to enjoy, or at least politely tolerate?
The fact is that the musicians in question rarely just make the music for themselves. Groups like post-punk, goth-peddlers Corpus Delicti are not mere egomaniacs. They make music, this writer presumes, hoping that it will serve just the right kind of audience.
It’s fitting that Corpus Delicti’s video for “FATE” shows a young fan dedicating her time to the music of one of her favourite bands and tying her day around plans to see a live show. The gloomy post-punk sounds fell like some kind of love letter to whoever is in most need of these kinds of songs to soothe them and get them through the day. That’s the real reason for putting in that kind of effort in the first place.
