![]() Exhilarating ones and exhausting ones, and many in between. Silver Screen’ looks at how we are nearly always playing different roles in our lives. Sometimes we know what we see is not reality, but even though we know it's artificial and provisional, we can convince ourselves that it's permanent and real. Singing Love & Devotion inside the dome, surrounded by plants and birds living in an artificial climate, reinforced the sentiment of the song. There's a sense of being protected but also exposed. The video for the song was filmed inside of a biodome - a space that is both beautiful but also unsettling. A rich string arrangement distorts over the course of the song giving a sense of nostalgia and disintegrating glamour, a nod to mid-century film noir. ![]() I was interested in writing a direct and unadorned love song that interacts with darker musical undertones. Love & Devotion was inspired by early 60's pop and soul music. This new version incorporates vibraphone, farfisa, and a heavy drum rhythm that all play off one another to enhance the uneasiness and dread of the subject. "A Mushroom Cloud" was written by Boudleaux Bryant, and has only been recorded by one other artist, Sammy Salvo in 1961. The powerlessness, and fear that comes with that is part of our lives now, and this song encapsulated the emotional experience for me. Like atomic bombs, the current climate crisis we’re living through is human created chaos, built by politicians and enabled by science. After discovering the song on an old vinyl record, I was struck by how familiar the sentiments felt - this feeling of living in a world that might explode at any moment. A Mushroom Cloud" is a song about the anxiety and fear of nuclear warfare in 1950’s North America.
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