4:20
Other People, 2008
Written by American Princes?
I can' help but be reminded by the song's title of the famous Raymond Carver short story of the same name. There's a tenuous thread of similarity, at least. Carver's nameless narrator, stuck in a rehab facility, longs to leave the drunk tank of his life and reconnect with someone who still matters, while the narrator of this song is trying to reach out to an unnamed love to escape the horrors of life in general: "The stories and the views all point to madness / There's no way of knowing / But darling, I'm still hoping / That you and I can navigate the sadness." Musically, the band fuses '80s synth textures with alt-rock and singer-songwriter sensibilities, creating a warm but slightly haunted backdrop for the vocal performance. There’s a yearning tremor in the delivery that recalls Okkervil River, earnest without tipping into melodrama.
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