This Station Is Non-Operational

Song: “One Armed Scissor”

Artist: At The Drive-In

Album: Relationship Of Command (2000)

…El Paso, Texas…

I remember the first time I listened to this album, it was like napalm being dropped on oxygen tanks.

“One Armed Scissor” is probably not the finest song on the album but it does have a reputation for being a classic.

For me this track always creates feelings of disillusionment, that the narrator has become detached from the rest of the world. Read somewhere that the song is partly about the heavy tour schedule that At The Drive-In underwent.

Either way this track (and album) is absolutly brilliant.

 

The Unmagnificent Lives Of Adults

Song: “Mistaken For Strangers”

Artist: The National

Album: Boxer (2007)

…New York, United States…

Its a record of dark beauty, that on a knife edge manages to mix the right amount of tension and elegance. Its an impressive record that deals with observations of a city, friends, lovers and strangers.

To me “Mistaken By Strangers” is about growing into adulthood and starting to move in different circles than current friends who are quite happy not to embrace change. Experiencing the world/city through your own eyes, and developing into someone new to the point that you become anonymous to these old friends.

I Got This Soul, It’s All Fired Up

Song: “All Fired Up”

Artist: Interpol

Album: Our Love To Admire

…The third studio album from these post-punk/indie New Yorkers…

Personally I’m not the biggest fan of Interpol, I think there are definetly better bands out there. For example ’The National’, to me they have a richer sound which I like. But to say that, this album is slowly growing on me over time and I kept singing this song in my head all yesterday afternoon.

To me this song just bleed’s festering, sexual frustration. To me its the control that immorality, wickedness, lust has over us all in some little way or big ways.

Lastfm – http://www.last.fm/music/Interpol