Ania offers a strikingly vivid portrait of the false glamour of the image of a striving musician in an industry that will take and give little back. The song has a world weary tone and its style is eclectic taking some strands of grunge and 90s alternative rock but giving it some new life with unpredictable and darkly evocative key changes throughout when the song veers off familiar territory like Ania is subverting the expected songwriting form and melodic scheme which is what keeps the song a fascinating listen and the music video while mostly the usual band performing live shows the dark side of the music world too and the self-questioning and anxieties and disillusionment. Ania has played guitar for a variety of bands, has played many of the rooms in Los Angeles and its environs that people not living there and operating as a musician in that city might assume is a “great opportunity” and other clichés and projected fantasies when you’re not living and trying to make it in that cultural milieu and this song seems informed by the reality of trying every avenue as approach as a working musician trying to also establish an outlet for one’s own creative work while remaining true to yourself as a human and how challenging it can be. So yes, it’s a another take on a classic theme but Ania infuses the songcraft with not just musical chops but a willingness to take the music beyond established boundaries in rock even in titling the song the ways she does as in context it takes on an expanded meaning of having put in your time with earnestness and skill and often getting the same results yet still being willing to try a life in the arts. Watch the video for “Grass Is Greener” on YouTube and follow Ania at the links provided.
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