“Crux at Daylight” by Maximiliano - A Song Feature

 

     It’s a song that should have been on our top singles of 2021, but we didn’t discover the song until 2022. “Crux at Daylight” is a high energy single with a firm grasp on Classic Rock sensibilities. It is difficult to uncover information about Maximiliano. If there is justice in the Indie Universe, that should change. We do know that his full name is Gerardo Maximiliano Martinez and that we are fans.
 
      Maximiliano describes “Crux at Daylight” as a song about love and the necessary sacrifices that come with family building.
 
     “Crux at Daylight” by Maximiliano

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Lyrics of “Crux at Daylight” by Maximiliano

I can't see it from way down here. Mountain high
I can't see it from way down here. Mountain shine
And we climb and climb and climb and climb and climb
The crux will show us daylight
It's alright It's alright It's alright It's alright
One step at a time

Younger than you. Raising you child
Yeah, me and your momma left the world that we knew
And we knew we knew we knew we knew we knew
Someday you're gonna go
It's alright It's alright It's alright It's alright
We ain't not alone

And son sometimes you call me and tell me "I can't go on"
It's gonna be alright
Yeah, son sometimes you call me and tell me "I'm coming home"
It's gonna be alright

It’s alright

 

Finally quiet. Just us again
I came here for love, and you've stayed my friend
And I know I know I know I know I know
The ducks ain't on your tail
It's alright It's alright It's alright It's alright
We gonna make it through

I’ll follow you into the hole
If that's what it takes, to see my old girl
I know I know I know I know I know
The ducks ain't on your tail
It's alright It's alright It's alright It's alright
We gonna make it through

And she's wasting away in the night I hope she comes back
To when it was alright
She's too far in the hole for me to follow
It's gonna be alright
I think it’s time for you to come home and tell her son,
"It's gonna be alright"

It’s alright.

“This House Is On Fire” by Broken Social Scene - A Song Feature

 

      Our favorite track from today’s release of “Old Dead Young: B-Sides & Rarities” creates a disconnect by applying a metaphor to unsettling subject matter and a comforting melody. The Bandcamp site of Toronto’s Broken Social Scene describes "This House Is On Fire," as a lush and heartbreaking dream pop single about trying to keep a relationship alive by burning it down.
 
     While it started as a two-person music project, Broken Social Scene is now a revolving door of skilled artists from diverse musical genres. “Old Dead Young” is a 14-song collection of B-side singles, rarities, and outtakes from the 20 years of Broken Social Scene. “This House Is On Fire” is an outtake from 2009’s “Forgiveness Rock Record.”
 
      “This House Is On Fire” by Broken Social Scene

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Lyrics of “This House Is On Fire” by Broken Social Scene
This house is on fire
And it's burning through the wood again
It's burning through the life we've never known
And where we've been
 
This house is on fire
And it's making its way into the living room
Tearing through the couch where we lay
And all we knew
For free
 
It's all on fire
 
This house is on fire
And it's creeping down the hall again
Rising up the walls where we cooked
Our catchment town
 
It's on fire
Crawling through the make-up bed
Seeping through the floor where we stood
With all we've been
For free
 
It's on fire
 
Now it burns bright in the night
So you can find the way
Back home
Back home
 
Now it burns bright in the night
So you can find your way
Back home
Back home to me
 
This house is on fire
 

“Raincoats” by Lo Moon – A Song Feature

 

      The start of “Raincoats” is requiem-like and the conclusion captures sensibilities of music from early Yes. Sandwiched between the two ends is a kaleidoscope of musical approaches, including a percussion-driven crescendo and a few seconds in which modulation and other processing wrestle away control of the song. The single from Lo Moon has the ability to function equally well in the role at the top of a concert setlist or as an encore favorite.
 
     “Raincoats” is a single from “A Modern Life,” the sophomore album of Lo Moon. The members of the Los Angeles-based band are Matt Lowell (vocals, guitar, piano), Crisanta Baker (guitar, bass, keys), Sam Stewart (guitar, keys), and Sterling Laws (drums). Lowell’s comfort in the upper octaves, without being falsetto, is one justification for the comparison to Yes and its lead vocalist Jon Anderson. The other basis for the comparison relates to the sophistication and power of the instrumentation following the guitar entrance at the 3:21 mark.
 
     The correlation of a requiem with the early portion of “Raincoats” peaks shortly after the one-minute mark, when the vocal processing establishes a feel of a high mass with hazy vocals that can perceived as Latin when the lyrics are given only a "soft focus." In reality, the lyrics are:  

Is there no better way?

Is there no way to save us?

Just take my hand

No there’s always a chance

Under raincoats

I don’t feel alone

 
      Quoting press content with which we agree, “the vocals of ‘Raincoats’ echo into a shuffling groove eventually leading to the climactic rush of electric guitars and modulated synths.” When talking about the album as a whole, Matt Lowell said:
  “’A Modern Life’ is about survival. Navigating through all that’s thrown at us. Maintaining who we are and where we want to be. Music itself has been so powerful for us in our own survival, it can change everything in an instant. As a band, we’ve got a lot of reverence for it and strive for it. We don’t take it for granted.”
  In a closely related description, “A Modern Life” is the band’s way of navigating through struggles with identity and expectation - but at its core, remains filled with hope and a desire to stay true to oneself.
 
     “A Modern Life” is scheduled for release on February 25, 2022, via Strngr Recordings/Thirty Tigers. To pre-order the album, visit https://lomoon.komi.io/. Lo Moon will be touring Europe and North America in promotion of the album. The tour schedule at https://www.lomoonofficial.com/live shows that Lo Moon will include a visit to San Francisco on June 11 (at Bottom of the Hill).  
 
     “Raincoats” by Lo Moon

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Lyrics of “Raincoats” by Lo Moon
Now it’s all gone way too far
I don’t understand who we are
Under raincoats
I don’t feel alone
 
All the fairy tales we’ve bought
All my dreams lost in the dark
Under raincoats
I don’t feel alone
 
Is there no better way?
Is there no way to save us?
Just take my hand
No there’s always a chance
Under raincoats
I don’t feel alone
 
Watch me as I run
Watch me as I run to the edge of this
 
Listen to my heart
Listen to my heart beat
Is it too fast?
Am I too far?
Oh here I go again
Oh here I go again!
 
Listen to my heart
Listen to my heart beat
Is it too fast?
Am I too far?
Oh here I go again
Oh here I go again!
Oh here we go again
 
Listen to my heart
Listen to my heart beat
Is it too fast?
Am I too far?
I wanna go again
I wanna go again
 
Listen to my heart
Listen to my heart beat
Is it too fast?
Am I too far?
I wanna go again
I wanna go again
 
Oh here we go again!
Oh here we go again!
 
Oh here we go again!
Oh here we go again!
 
Now here we are stuck right in the middle of it
Now here we are stuck right in the middle of it
Now here we are stuck right in the middle of it
Now here we are stuck right in the middle of it
 
Now here we are stuck right in the middle of it
Now here we are stuck right in the middle of it
Now here we are stuck right in the middle of it
Now here we are stuck right in the middle of it