Entire Cities
Don't you ever change
It’s said that money changes people. I believe it. More than one person around me from days gone has ended up making gobs of cash and remarkably transforming their values and beliefs. People who were once well-grounded in reality begin showing me plans for their four-story home with three living rooms (who the hell needs three living rooms?).
Not that I’m anything special. If I were to make loads of money, I’d most likely change too. I’d probably splurge on something completely useless, like a fireplace which rotates at the push of a button. And on the other side, I’d have a dwarf who’d riverdance when he’d appear. He’d just wait there until the fireplace did a one-eighty, then it’d be showtime until I spun the fireplace back into view.
Just the fact that I use the term “dwarf” demonstrates the potential for condescending detachment which money could bring out from in me.
I mostly fear money would change me in a way where I would be unable to properly enjoy certain music anymore, like Entire Cities and their amazing Accountant’s Dream. It’s a barn-burning, twangy, rollicking, sweat-inducing, noisy folk-rock thumper, which begins softly and un-agitated, but develops quickly, crash after wonderful, wonderful crash, into a loud frenzy of blue collar vigor without compromising on tight arrangements and sticks-to-you melodies. The song progresses in large part with Simon Borer’s vocals which are gruff, rustic, and downright guttural at times, giving the song that visceral edge which makes it such an effective tear-down-the-house romp.
There have been more than a favourable review of their EP Deep River, praise which is very much deserving. Let’s just hope all this attention doesn’t generate needs for revolving fireplaces.
MP3: Entire Cities - Accountant's Dream
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