I'm watching you die a little
Watching you cry a lot
Haven't we been deserving
Maybe we're not
Any other time my eyes are dry
But I am an ocean
The latest single from post-hardcore punk band Emarosa reminds me a bit of the ballads by big hair bands in the 80s, but that's not an insult. It feels like dramatic, masculine, sing-a-long emotion - perhaps to go with your Monday blues, or more serious sadness about the world, or whatever is going on in your life.
Take it back baby
Yeah you want to survive
Your messin' up baby
Now it's makin' you mad
Stayin' out late
Do whatever you like
I really didn't bet you don't go out tonight
Oh, you couldn't take the pressure
To get out of your head
Beat it back baby
Put the kids to bed
In trying to think of what we should play on the Fourth of July, Kerri and I talked through a number of scenarios that involved either the massively popular (Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, etc.) or recognizably American (Bruce Springsteen, etc.) Well, I've got the keyboard and I'm going in a different, yet no less American, direction with a killer, all-female garage band out of ATL: The Coathangers. Ready to get dirty and "Make It Right" this fourth? Listen on.
(Haha, while searching for the lyrics to "Make It Right" the first thing that showed up on the search-ahead was "make America great again". I think my search is much better, and more accurate for how I'm feeling about this holiday.)
Loud mouth living got you some attention
And second chances given without doubt
'Guess you've got a history but it's not worth a mention tonight
Parquet Courts are awesomely unique. Their style is kind of a mix between punk and roadhouse rock, like if Johnny Cash were to have got his start fronting The Jam. They've been putting out some really solid releases, at a fairly rapid pace, and their latest Human Performance is terrific.
