![]() ![]() The lyrics aren't political, more personal, but the musical effect nevertheless captures feelings of surprise, upheaval and change. tried to breathe but i can't 'cause the air she feeds me is damned got a touch like a thorn 'cause the girl she's hiding horns she got blood cold as ice and a heart made of stone but she keeps me. The first after the departure of David Baker, the album still contained many psychedelic elements, but was in a process of transition, with Jonathan Donahue's ghostly, fragile voice, some new, beautiful melodies, particularly with the flute, horns and orchestration of Suzanne Thorpe, and the song rising in to increased stop-start climaxes, with an overall chaotic, transcendent quality. So with that, Song of the Day looks to capture this mood with a song from the Buffalo, New York band's 1995 album See You on the Other Side. And depending on your point of view, democracy's resultant despair can also change to hope. ![]() After a year of shock political upheaval, from Trump to Brexit, in which politics seemed to be going backwards, to the surprise rise of Macron and especially of Jeremy Corbyn, there there are also new voices, fresh energy, new ideas and something positive going forwards. ![]() Suddenly, out of a sense of hopelessness, change can also be afoot in the world. ![]()
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