Ryan Cassata’s punk ballad “If You Ever Leave Long Island” hits with a beckoning tenderness that takes you by surprise from the beginning. The video treatment directed by Dory Fine shows the band performing in a warehouse space on an upper floor with no one else seemingly around. It’s like a symbol for a welcoming spirit, making space for the person to whom the song is sung. Cassata urges a friend and/or loved one to help chase away their sadness by getting out of the familiar contexts that have all the memories of experiences that perpetuate being stuck in life. Cassata urges this friend to not get mired in yet another seemingly comfortable relationship that won’t fix the core issues and environments that are clearly some of the source of the friend’s misery and the earnest choruses and uplifting melodies are so convincing that if this song is directed to a real person or people you hope that person or people have the good sense to follow the words of a friend who knows you so well. Watch the video for “If You Ever Leave Long Island” on YouTube and follow Kill Rock Stars artist Ryan Cassata at the links below.
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