#MusicMonday: Intertwined [EP] - Dodie Clark

It took me a couple of days after the release of this EP to sit down and find time to listen to it. The week had been busy and stressful and when I met my friend on the bus I was told I MUST listen to it cause it was so good. Which is how I found myself at 1am - after going out to dinner with friends -downloading the 5 tracks for a listen. 

Intertwined starts slow, soft. Its gentle you can feel the words.  You don’t get the darkness of lyrics such as “Can you drink all my thoughts? Cause I can’t stand them” on first listen.  It takes a turn or two for the words to seep in and meaning to take place.  It changes the song.  Beautiful as though it is.  Its a different kind of love song.  

Sickly sweetness for 50 seconds in the form of “I have a hole in my Tooth” changes the tone and pace for “Absolutely smitten” to follow on from. A brilliantly upbeat optimistic first moments of love feel. 

“Life Lesson” is short and brilliant. and should be repeated daily until its your life mantra.  

Weirdly “Sick of Losing Soulmates” is the only song of the EP that I have previously heard. (I know HOW?!?!) And I’ve always found it beautiful. but the little things that have been added somehow make it more heartbreaking. The echos. The lifts and falls.

I was not ready for “When” it hit me in the feels. After listening to the song twice I mailed my friend (the one from the bus) and simply said "When" has broken me. It did. Its beautiful. It’s a song where the lyrics feel as each word was written with me in mind, and I’m sure so many people will finish listening to it and have related. Its heartbreaking and beautiful (and everything hurts) And because its live you can almost hear the pain in the line “I’m waiting to live, and waiting to love. It’ll be over, and I’ll still be asking when.”

So go and listen to this little beauty. And I’m begging you to actually listen. Don’t background music this whilst you go about other stuff, take 15 minutes and just soak your soul in the music and lyrics. 

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#MusicMonday: Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen died last week. In amongst everything else that was happening in the world it took a few days for it to hit my timeline and find out.  It was a weird hit. Leonard Cohen had lived a long life, was successful, had people that he loved. I didn't know him, but I had been listening to his music earlier on in the week and it felt weird that he wasn't around anymore.

I can't pinpoint the moment I first heard a Cohen song, my dad listened to him so I ought to have been young, so he was always there. Cohen had a voice you recognised, to often these days its hard to distinguish someones sound. But Cohen's voice was its own.

Hallelujah is one of those songs that it feels like everyone has covered but it never feels truly over done. I know a lot of people would like to see it put to rest.  But what a legacy to leave behind to pen lyrics that resonate with so many people and see artists take it on and feel the words.

So many beautiful covers exist of this song, Jeff Buckley, Kate Voegele, Kate McKinnon, Bob Dylan, Regina Spektor, Peter Hollens and so, so many more but tonight I leave you with the man that started it all Leonard Cohen, may he rest in peace.

#MusicMonday: Waiting For Superman - Daughtry

I've been listening to a lot of songs I used to really love recently. And this was one of them. It's such a good song.

The lyrics are so cleverly constructed. A hopeless and hopefully song.

And it becomes catchy quickly.  So listen and enjoy!