“Bad World” by Saint Mesa – A Song Feature

 

     Saint Mesa performs well in the dark. The Southern California music project excels at creating a sound that is powerfully cinematic and moody. In their cover of Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” Saint Mesa took a sad song and made it darker. Today, “Bad World” was released and, while the majesty and richness of the Saint Mesa sound pierces the darkness, they stayed true to their art.
 
      Even the cello solo near the end of “Bad World” is characteristic of Saint Mesa. The cello is the favorite string instrument of many Indie followers. It is well-suited to embrace the emotion of a song, because it's invitingly warm and sorrowful. In comparison to typical cello play in Indie, the instrument is played at a lower pitch in “Bad World.” Saint Mesa prefers to swim in the deeper water of low frequencies and tribalistic percussion.
 
     Saint Mesa is the performance name of Danny McCook from Mission Viejo, California. He works closely with Mike Freesh, who is credited as the engineer on “Bad World.”. McCook said of the single:
   “Wrote this song about the last couple years as a way of coping with how hard things have been, feel even more relevant with the state of events right now. Tracked a beautiful string section at sunset sound in LA, as well as a bunch of percussion. There's a really badass cello part that comes in after the bridge leading into the final chorus, if you want to jump to that at 2:48.”
 
     “Bad World” by Saint Mesa

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/saintmesamusic
Website: http://www.saintmesa.com/

Lyrics of “Bad World” by Saint Mesa
You've been covered with ashes
All your love has turned to dust
A quick walk to madness
A sharp drop and a sudden stop
 
So run like you mean it
Cause they'll come, they're coming to take you away
Forget your feeling
Cause it's the end, it's the end, it's the end of us
 
It's a bad world
It's a bad world
It's a bad world
Cause it's a bad world
It's a bad world
It's a bad world
 
It's a bad world
It's a bad world
It's a bad world
Cause it's a bad world
It's a bad world
It's a bad world
 
Break out the torches
Mask on and paint it black
Red hands are burning
Still cross behind the back
 
Can't stop you screaming
The good men stand by and watch them take you away
Call for your freedom
But in the end, it's the ending of the night
 
We won't fade away
We won't fade away
We won't fade away
And we won't fade away
And we won't fade away
 
It's a bad world
It's a bad world
It's a bad world
Cause it's a bad world
It's a bad world
It's a bad world
 
It's a bad world
It's a bad world
It's a bad world
Cause it's a bad world
It's a bad world
It's a bad world