Elora launches “Embers” with a sound of lightly distorted synths in warping waves for a sound like a musical machine getting up to speed. But it’s really just the perfect musical setting for a song looking back on a friendship that it turns out was based around getting drunk and high but with one person in the friendship never being accountable and engaging in manipulative and at times passive-aggressive behavior. The melody even as it warps and sounds like it might melt apart draws you into Elora’s clear and bright vocals, coherent in a song that might veer off and threatens to stumble sideways. And don’t many of us know those people for whom lines like “you crossed a million lines, you were my friend when you were high” and “everything was fine until you started drinking” seem oh so appropriate. Especially when you’re young, or in a social scene that romanticizes partying and getting altered on various chemicals of choice. And to have misbehavior forgiven and dismissed as being drunk or fucked up, especially when you’re getting the brunt of that mistreatment. Elora looks back with some bemusement and wonder at allowing herself to remain connected to such a person for as long as she did. So why revisit that time? To remind yourself how good you’ve got it now and to draw that line on foolishness from others now. Listen to “Embers” on Spotify and follow Elora at the links below.
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