The Low Flying Moons – This Moment
Similar artists: Big Thief, Lomelda, Bonnie Prince Billy
Genre: Alt Country, Lo-fi Rock, Indie Rock
The biggest lie that the majority of rock bands tell their audience is that the good times will last forever. The biggest rock stars are the ones that sound and look like great party hosts who will never ever let you live. They look and sound like the party hosts who tell you that there are no real consequences to your actions. And, they are of course, lying just so that they keep you on board long enough to steal your money.
That is, of course, not exactly the truth. If you’ve gone through some of the autobiographies of these rockstars, you will notice that they, too, learned the truth later than they would’ve wanted. If you know people who had the misfortune of becoming addicted to this lifestyle, you will know with certainty that parties end, good times are followed by bad times, and, if you are lucky, other good times come in to replace them. But it can’t last forever.
Telling people that good times can’t last forever is not good for business. But that’s exactly the honesty that The Low Flying Moons’ “This Moment” provides. This is music for people who like sitting under an open sky, who like their wine cold and who assume that tomorrow will not be as good as it is today. Maybe they are right, maybe they are not. But a bit of voluntary pessimism never hurt anybody, and, besides, The Low Flying Moons have the right balance here.
Walk Me Home – Inside
Similar artists: Radiohead, The Smile, Slowdive, Big Thief, Bark Psychosis
Genre: Indie Rock, Dream Pop
There are professions that haven’t quite disappeared because there was no need for them or out of a lack of people who possessed the required skill set. No, there are somewhere the people who could do it but simply do not want to be involved anymore. And you couldn’t much blame them. It’s hard to be a research scientist, a philosopher or a poet these days.
And if your intelligence and temperament recommend you for this line of work, you might consider making a run for it and becoming an accountant. They all hurt because all of them involve telling people things that they don’t want to hear in ways that they’re unlikely to understand. Provoke them too many times, and they’ll lash out. Do it and see where telling the truth gets you.
Walk Me Home’s “Inside” is a poem set to music created by people who believe so much in love that they’re willing to be wounded by it in grotesque, highly creative ways. It’s fascinating and somewhat terrifying to hear artists do these to themselves. Ultimately, this reveals something about the world that few others could see. And, well, thank the Lord it ain’t you doing the revealing.
