You know what I miss from when I was a kid? Staying home from school. Yeah, sure, I’ve occasionally stayed home from work during the course of the numerous jobs I’ve held in my adult life, but it’s completely different from staying home from school. Being away from school as a kid, because of illness or a snow day or whatever, had this whimsical aspect to it you just can’t recreate as an adult. You’d get to have a completely quiet day, you’d get to watch those afterschool cartoons which started too early for you to catch, you’d get to have a home-fresh lunch, you’d even get to peek behind the veil of what happens at home when you’re in school. A day away from school just brilliantly broke your routine into sparkling little morsels of fun which made every second of it all the more worthwhile.

So yeah, it’s pretty hard when adulthood comes around to have such magical moments of routine-wrecking joy. But sometimes music can provide the means for such brief moments of escape, and it’s nice to know we can count on a guy like Benji Cossa to help us along. Cossa’s Landscape is an extraordinary lo-fi, 1950’s folk-pop fusion tune which fully belongs on the AM dial or as ironic support in a Tarantino movie. Full of jaunty guitar jangles and jocular synth punches, with a true-to form whistling refrain striding alongside, there’s an inherent sense of breezy innocence that comes together, further driven by Cossa’s sweet, heartfelt voice. It’s a melodious, foot-tapping moment which will compel you to hum a few bars to get you out of the humdrum of your day.

MP3: Benji Cossa - Landscape

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