![]() Okay, two are essentially interludes but you get the idea only one is over four minutes and just barely at that. They have somehow compressed `14 songs into a mere 40 minutes. Esteemed guests include the likes of Amy Helm and Aoife O’Donovan on harmonies. The core band is comprised of Taylor on guitars and vocals, Alex Bingham on bass, various keyboards and vocals Chris Boermer on guitars and synth, drummer and vocalist Nick Falk, and Sam Fribush on just about every conceivable keyboard along with vocals. Lest you be confused, HGM has little or anything to do with blues, but the location rang a bell. Interestingly the band does not record in their home state of North Carolina this time, choosing instead to hole up at the Sonic Ranch, 40 miles outside of El Paso and the favorite spot for many blues albums from Catfood Records, among others. Also note that we covered 2019’s Terms of Surrender on these pages. ![]() That’s understandable as 2021’s Quietly Blowing It, was written during the pandemic while this effort follows a year of high energy touring. ![]() Over the course of these ten records the band has traversed just about every imaginable mood and emotion, and, as the title suggests, set forth with an uplifting one on this round. The band first hit the scene in 2009 and have been consistent since, delivering their trademark mix of folk, pop, and modern-day cosmic country. It’s sick.Jump for Joy is the tenth album for the North Carolina-based Hiss Golden Messenger (HGM), led by frontman and singer-songwriter M.C. But Johnny depp is a malignant narcissist, a man, and wealthy as all get out. Vilified and not believed, regardless of what any abuse survivor could recognize as a fellow survivor instantly. While the last thing survivors need is more blame, our society supports a narrative that blames the objectively innocent party because the blatantly guilty party has spent their entire lives fabricating a persona and we’re just being human, and human psychology is quite counterintuitive especially in the context of trauma. Never actually understand, even if they try, because all they see is you, on fire, screaming about the arsonist that no one ever sees, and who has been spreading lies about your alleged mental instability, deceptive personality, etc. Anyways, I especially relate to her midnights becoming afternoons, complex PTSD often leads to this phenomenon, whether due to purposeful sleep deprivation by the abuser, or just hyper vigilance associated with the PTSD, along with the fear of facing people, especially your loved ones, who funny how you say the words domestic violence, abuse, abuse survivor and boom the subject changes. The abuser has no anxieties, no emotional pain, or salience/memory for that matter, so the survivor appears to be the crazy one, obsessed with the abuse and that buzzword that seems to ignite arguments about diagnosing people without a degree, etc. I believe this is another amazingly on point and nuanced commentary on the insanity that follows emotionally abusive relationships. “Saturday night is givin’ me a reason to rely on the strobe lights / The lifeline of a promise in a shot glass, and I’ll take that / If you’re givin’ out love from a plastic bag,” Ed sings on the chorus, as his friend turns to new vices in hopes of feeling better. In the second verse, Ed sings about the role of grief in his friend’s plight and his dwindling faith in prayer. He continues by adding that this person is feeling the weight of having disappointed his father and doesn’t have any friends to rely on in this difficult moment. “I overthink and have trouble sleepin’ / All purpose gone and don’t have a reason / And there’s no doctor to stop this bleedin’ / So I left home and jumped in the deep end,” Ed Sheeran sings in verse one. Unable to find any solutions, this friend seeks a last resort in a party and the vanity that comes with it. Ed Sheeran tells the story of his friend and the myriad of troubles he is going through. “Plastic Bag” is a song about searching for an escape from personal problems and hoping to find it in the lively atmosphere of a Saturday night party.
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