Song of the Week 1/23

Rotation 1

The Antlers, Hospice - "Two"

Again...Again...I like it.  "Two" is presented in a melodic round, where the lyrical melody is mono climatic through both the verse and the chorus.  The simple guitar strumming and continuous droning backdrop is a compliment to emotionally powerful storytelling.  I appreciate the repetitious use of the word "two" to enforce the ending verse.

"There's two people living in one small room,
From your two half-families tearing at you,
Two ways to tell the story (no one worries),
Two silver rings on our fingers in a hurry,
Two people talking inside your brain,
                                                           Two people believing that I'm the one
                                                           to blame,
                                                           Two different voices coming out of
                                                           your mouth,
                                                           When I'm too cold to care and too sick to
                                                           shout."

Rotation 2

U.S. Royalty, Mirrors - "Equestrian"

DC rockers U.S. Royalty are primed to grab the attention of some new music fans with the release of their debut album this week. Their first single "Equestrian" has a fresh, naturalistic feel that pulls you in from the very first line "I slept in hills of wheat and pine/Too many years have passed me by."  There's an honest quality to the songs of Mirrors that makes their debut album very appealing.  They aren't trying too hard to be something they're not and they aren't afraid to show different sides to their music.  Case in point, check out their amazing blues-rock track "The Desert Won't SaveYou."
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