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Yes, I'm still crazy over An Horse's Camp Out, and just last night I even managed to find this lovely poster featuring the song's lyrics. (squeeeee!)
I've been reading and watching interviews with An Horse's Kate Cooper where she talks about how the songs on their debut album all have to do with a breakup that she went through the year before - something which is also reflected in Camp Out.
("And you said you wanted to crawl down deep inside/ But at this point of the last year I am happy to be alive")
But I'm starting to see a theme in the songs which really strike a chord for me. Like Camp Out, most of them have a pretty optimistic view on relationships, even if the person has just gotten out of a really bad relationship.
And secondly, the songs are usually about overwhelming, all-consuming, obsessive love, even to a point where being single is better than a dead relationship (see: Neko Case's That Teenage Feeling, Tegan and Sara's I've Got You, Death Cab's I Will Follow You Into The Dark).
Maybe I grew up on too many Nora Ephron films, read one too many New York Times wedding stories (still one of my favourite things to do every Sunday by the way, especially with the NYT app), but is it wrong to expect that my relationship be one where there's a constant giddiness when you're with the person. Or on the flip side, a deep ache and a sense of longing if you're not together, even if it means wanting to take a cab in the dead of the night just to sleep in the same bed as the person and feel the other person's warmth?
But is this sustainable? Or do these feelings wax and wane according to your own individual moods?
Questions.
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