The Damn Devils – A River Away
Humans will always need songs to get them through this life. That much we know, while nearly everything else is a mystery. But if you’re looking to approximate just what kind of songs are going to be popular in a few decades, or maybe even a few centuries, it’ll be easy to carry out your research. Just listen closely to the kinds of songs that have always been really, really popular.
Sure, songs written from an alternative point of view, songs filled with quirk and humour, have their charm, and our site would be the first to promote them. However, the truth of the matter is that people only really need songs that deal with a few topics: celebration, hope for the future, and loss. Any great party, as well as the setlist of any great songwriter, will include all of these topics.
As you greet in the new year and look forward to the future, you may inclined to look back at the things you’ve lost. Give into the temptation! It’ll do you good! The Damn Devils’ “A River Away” is here to accompany you on the journey. The band will make it as easy as starring at painful memories in the face can possibly be. The Damn Devils’ music is filled with the kind of love of melodies and easy-going rhythms that might’ve accompanied the ancient music of travellers coming from and moving toward inhospitable places. Like those travellers, the journey forward is filled with dangers, and the journey has left its mark. “A River Away” is a reminder of all of these.
Baby Combat – Pirates
The news bulletins are getting louder, and the social media posts proclaiming that the end is near are begging for your attention. Stop to listen to them for only a couple of minutes, and you may be convinced to sell all that you own and invest in an underground bunker where you can live forever on a diet of rice cakes and filtered water.
But the news reports need to be loud. It’s never been easier to ignore them. There have never been more ways to create your own world and to ignore the real one. It’s never been cheaper, and if you live in the kind of place that seriously threatens your mental health, it’s never felt more appealing to do this. But you should give in fully! Soak in a bit of the panic that’s all around us and use it in your own kind of way.
There’s something highly emotionally charged and entirely childish about Baby Combat’s adventure-drama-inspired “Pirates.” But there’s also a rulebook about how to live life here. “Pirates” dares to overflow with love and with concern. Musically, it swings wildly, trying to move you with the strong melodies or the on-the-vocals. Play it to cool, and you may just miss getting a few of these experiences for yourself.
