“Anecdotal” and “pivotal” rhyme. But despite their similar final syllable sounds, they are two words that cannot be used together to describe an event.

Like you can’t have a “pivotal anecdotal event.” The significance of an anecdote is implicitly minimal, relegated to short, oftentimes quirky stories of no profound consequence on someone’s earthly existence. Therefore, in its very essence, an anecdotal event cannot be pivotal.

The same holds true for an “anecdotal pivotal event.” If an event is pivotal, then it holds a formative connotation which would come into direct conflict with the anecdote’s throwaway nature. I don’t think anyone would want to trivialise the most meaningful and self-shaping moments of their lives.

But as My Brightest Diamond often demonstrates, certain dualities can coexist, creating partnerships most divine. This is still very much exemplified with Shara Worden’s newest song Inside A Boy, our first glimpse into her follow-up to the top-shelf Bring Me the Workhorse album released in 2006.

Filled with rumbling guitar chords and thunderous drums, the intrinsic foreboding mood often allows glimpses of shining piano droplets and cristalline effects, revealing it as an expansive song with rich instrumentation. It is guided by Worden’s magisterial operaic vocals, which are delicate and frail at times, and unleashed and uncompromisingly potent at others. A complex pattern of emotion and mood as real as human experience, as anecdotal and pivotal as it may be.

MP3: My Brightest Diamond - Inside A Boy

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