A repeated, evolving guitar figure of glittery gossamer tone runs through ONBC’s “Heady Days” with the barest drum strike to mark time. Horns resonate in the distance and then up close dolefully toward the end of the song. The song is just two minutes seventeen and feels like a pool of a contemplative mood you can dive back into repeatedly. The lyrics are enigmatic and dark about being told that the best days, the heady days, are ahead but you keep waiting and they never come so you have to do something. In the song “the choir just burned down the place while thinking about you and the heady days” because you can’t wait around forever and leave your dreams on a shelf without becoming a bit of a tragic figure in your own life. Structurally and tonally it’s reminiscent of Slowdive’s “Crazy For You” but even more spare and to the point. Listen to “Heady Days” on Spotify and follow ONBC at the links provided.
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