February 2, 2021 Isolate and Medicate, part 1, the trip from home (continued) and part 2, the trip back home and August 22 update
S orry to leave you so abruptly yesterday. I hadn't heard Crash as much as many of the others. I was listening and reading the lyrics at the same time and suddenly got it. Track #6 Suffer It All . The timing on this one is challenging. An interesting juxtaposition of almost atonal, ambulance siren music and choppy tension-producing growling singing with a pop, Beach Boy song-like music but with lyrics that conflict with the tone of the music. The former sounds like the musical equivalent of an accident on the verge of happening. Very interesting. My ears had to warm up to this one. I like the rough sand paper/fun at the beach conflict. Favorite line here is, "I can't believe everything you perceive as what's rightfully coming your way." Do I get this one? No, not yet. Don't care, just love to listen to it. And who puts inclination, frustration, redemption, indications and mutations all in the first verse. Oh, ...