It's cold out in the snow
My eyes linger on your taillights disappearing over the frown of a hill
The red light morphing my soaking vision into a kaleidoscope until the glow is smothered by a curtain of white
My mouth is slightly agape, still attempting to form the words I had been trying to get out for the last three minutes
My body still feels like it's in the car in contrast to my stillness
My ears throb with fleeting pain as numbness dopes their unsuspecting lobes into tranquility
My teeth begin to chatter to the rhythm of a fork caught in the garbage disposal as I realize that I can't stay here
The evergreens on either side of the road hold their breath with anticipation as I begin my contemplative march between them
The moon is obscured by clouds rock climbing across the firmament, while the light pollution from the city diminishes most of the guidance their celestial climbing holds could otherwise offer me
All is silent save the snow parting beneath my dampened shoes
And the rattle coming from inside my mouth
All is still save my shaking figure struggling along the shoulder of the road
And the occasional frozen gust, rustling the branches and stabbing through my sweater riddling my heart will a million tiny holes for you to drip out of once I'm somewhere warm
Far off radio towers seem to take notice
Blinking their red eyes and staring indifferently
Reminding me of what I said to you
And just how alone I am because of it
Our house is cold
The lights are off
I call out your name
But know you're gone
Takes me back to my high school classroom during the days of binging Inio Asano's old manga scanlations before anything was licensed. At that time, I was discovering many kinds of Asian shoegaze, but I've never heard anything like this. Makes me think of Pasteboard, Supecar, and Midnight Pingpong a bit, and it's funny bc the first two I listen have blue album covers too. Lu
Synths abound on the new single from Hearts and Rockets—icy cold, sharp, and minimal, and topped with a punk rock sneer. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 22, 2020