
The Heart Of The Sun – Sorrow Took My Soul
There must’ve been a moment when you came back home and locked yourself in your room while listening to melancholy-filled music that your parents sat you down for a talk. They’d probably heard about this happening to kids your age. Naturally, they worried. One of them must’ve even suggested opting for more cheerful songs and taking a walk in the sunshine more often.
Where did listening to all of that depressing music lead you? Probably to a greater feeling of ease and comfort. Maybe even toward acceptance of some of the more depressing aspects of life. Serious studies suggest, after all, that engaging with your melancholy and sadness through art is one of the best ways to regulate your emotions.
Sweden’s The Heart Of The Sun aims directly for the heart with “Sorrow Took My Soul,” a melancholy-filled song blended with hypnotic synthesiser sounds and beautiful, dreamy melodies. While this may be a song that conjures up nostalgia, whose lyrics talk about a character torn apart by sadness, there’s a natural warmth to it and friendliness that might remind you of those days spent in a lonely room finding yourself through this kind of music.
Why Tony – Seven Seas Daydream
I’ve been hearing you! You’ve been crying out that music and modern entertainment, in general, are taking you for a fool. Those damn songwriters imagine that all you can understand are songs that tell you when to dance, how to love, and why you should buy Tesla stock. They’ve been evaluating you and subestimating your intelligence continuously.
You’ve had enough! You want something that is as challenging as what music used to offer you. But you don’t just want to fall into desperate nostalgia. No, you want something that speaks to you like a responsible adult. You want something that will make you excited because of all of the inventiveness and innovation needed to make it.
Well, listen, if slightly oversophisticated, emotional psychedelic rock is your cup of tea, you won’t mind the Netherlands’ group Why Tony and their ode to a decaying Earth, “Seven Seas Daydream.” Dutch rock has a rich history of AOR and colossal conceptual works of guitar music. And Why Tony is no different.
What they offer is a complex pop track inspired by the classic rock greats. What they offer is a song containing three perspectives on the Earth’s plight, together with strong, over-the-top, Radioheadesque playing. And if that’s not speaking up to your level, what is?