OBSESSION ... Disappear Here - Bad Suns

I stumbled upon an album I just love. "Disappear Here" is the title track for Bad Suns on their 2016 release. I had only heard one song by them prior, "Cardiac Arrest," that yes, I purchased. Bad Suns are considered alt rock/indie rock. I must say they walk that line quite well. Their music is inspired by bands like The Cure, Elvis Costello, and The Clash, some of my favorites.

The entire album is good. In fact, I've been listening to it so much, that even when I'm not, snippets of different lyrics and melodies carouse ceaselessly through my head. (Side note: I kid you not, I will go to bed listening to Metallica [Side note to that: Can I get a hell yeah, an amen, or a God-bomb! "One" is the most badass Metallica song ever.] and wake up singing a random song from this album.) That said, the lyrics are not especially mind-bending. Relationships, good and bad. Nothing new there. "Patience" struck me as a little bit more meaningful. I can relate. But still. This is exactly what I want to listen to on the weekends when I'm feeling ... meh. And during the week when I'm feeling meh. Just meh all the way around.

The single "Daft Pretty Boys" is the most catchy, and most popular on Spotify.

And this one speaks to me, maybe because it touches on the idea of soul mates, which I explore in Luminesce.

"Maybe We're Meant To Be Alone"

I've got a picture perfect plan
But I can't go in alone
Are we whole or just two halves
Reaching out to the unknown?

No, I can't help my ways
It don't make such sense to me
All these cold and rainy days
Maybe we're meant to be alone

I've got a voice inside my head
And a feeling in my gut
I don't know just who to believe
When you're torn in two, who can you trust?

No I can't help my ways
It don't make much sense to me
All these cold and rainy days
Maybe we're meant to be alone
Maybe we're meant to be alone
Maybe we're meant to be alone
Maybe we're meant to be alone

...

I haven't yet gone back to hear the entire debut work, Language & Perspective, but I'm sure I will in time. (Okay, I'm doing it now. Track one is "Matthew James.") These types of musical obsessions don't fizzle out quickly for me, no matter how much I listen. I seem to have a super high tolerance for music I really like. I can't tell you how many times I listened to Meteora between 2003 and 2006. It's probably in the thousands. I listened to Twenty One Pilots (and some of Tyler Joseph's solo work on YouTube) and nothing but TOP for at least 6 months every day. Even so, I still don't know all the words to "Fake You Out." And the more I listen, the more I like. But maybe this is true for everyone. It just doesn't happen to me all that often.

Which is why I get excited when I find new artists I like.

J. L. Dodd

Links:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Suns

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/badsuns/maybeweremeanttobealone.html