you went away you can't come back
So what do you get when one of your favourite bands hooks up with another of your top vocalists?
A duet that is at once one of the most honest and sweetest of its kind out there, and yet is so delicate and dark that a melody borne out of these searing polar contradictions is masterfully crafted. Whirling you up by the ears and heart, Sandoval of Mazzy Star and Jim Reid of JAMC offer a window into an exchange speaking of mistakes and forgiveness, that could very well be heard anywhere and often but never as telling and sincere as this.
Sandoval's trademark seemingly lazy drawl comes on perfectly and without any pretensions right at the start of the song, coming straight to the point, serving as the perfect foil to the strangled voice of a man who is clearly the kind of guy who prefers not to blurt sorry in front of you but to be sorry whether you know it or not. Here however, he realizes that what he needs is simply too pressing and painful to continue dithering and decides to just shut his manliness ego up for once and plough headlong into the whole mess with a direct plea to her. Naturally it comes out clumsy and awkward, but oh well.
When a song is able to capture that much in 2 and a half minutes, you know you are listening to an absolute gem. Netting such nuances with disquieting tension that just cannot be ignored overlayed by what actually sounds like an upbeat tune? After awhile you realize it's appropiate, for the coasting upbeat here exists not in the same happy shiny generically teenagerish way most love songs out there mindlessly cram into, but because this is not exactly another of those happy stories with a certified happy end where it's all kiss and make up it's all a misunderstanding etc etc. The focus is simply on two people who are clearly dreading this moment but go ahead anyway, dropping all previous confusing murky nonsense and simply being honest to each other.
That is where the wry cheerfulness comes from.
Jamc & Hope Sandoval - Sometimes Always
the video is all good and really tops my list too. Press play.
A duet that is at once one of the most honest and sweetest of its kind out there, and yet is so delicate and dark that a melody borne out of these searing polar contradictions is masterfully crafted. Whirling you up by the ears and heart, Sandoval of Mazzy Star and Jim Reid of JAMC offer a window into an exchange speaking of mistakes and forgiveness, that could very well be heard anywhere and often but never as telling and sincere as this.
Sandoval's trademark seemingly lazy drawl comes on perfectly and without any pretensions right at the start of the song, coming straight to the point, serving as the perfect foil to the strangled voice of a man who is clearly the kind of guy who prefers not to blurt sorry in front of you but to be sorry whether you know it or not. Here however, he realizes that what he needs is simply too pressing and painful to continue dithering and decides to just shut his manliness ego up for once and plough headlong into the whole mess with a direct plea to her. Naturally it comes out clumsy and awkward, but oh well.
When a song is able to capture that much in 2 and a half minutes, you know you are listening to an absolute gem. Netting such nuances with disquieting tension that just cannot be ignored overlayed by what actually sounds like an upbeat tune? After awhile you realize it's appropiate, for the coasting upbeat here exists not in the same happy shiny generically teenagerish way most love songs out there mindlessly cram into, but because this is not exactly another of those happy stories with a certified happy end where it's all kiss and make up it's all a misunderstanding etc etc. The focus is simply on two people who are clearly dreading this moment but go ahead anyway, dropping all previous confusing murky nonsense and simply being honest to each other.
That is where the wry cheerfulness comes from.
Jamc & Hope Sandoval - Sometimes Always
the video is all good and really tops my list too. Press play.
Labels: Jesus And Mary Chain, Mazzy Star, Shoegaze
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