The rapid eye movement in the video for Lunakid’s “Living In The Last Days” reflects the dark urgency of the track. The title may be a bit on the nose for the various crises the world faces from the COVID-19 outbreak to the rise of far right political parties and authoritarian regimes in general across the world, the climate crisis bearing rapidly upon us all and all manner of issues that make right now feel like we are living as though it’s the last days of the human race. The mix of organic sounds and analog synths give this electronic song a physicality and emotional directness that brings you into that dark moment of realization and allows for a catharsis of that angst that makes the pressures coming at you from all angles seem manageable through the resolve at the end part of the song. The building of tension in the beginning and the natural and almost intuitive shift in direction and tone is a nice touch that transform darkness into not a state of denial but one of quiescence able to take on challenges ahead rather than in a perpetual mode of trauma management that will eventually erode your ability to handle anything when you really need to and sooner than later we all will in our various ways and through our multifarious capabilities. Watch the video for “Living In The Last Days” on YouTube and connect with the German production project at the website linked below.
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