“Steel Tray” (Colour of the Jungle song)

ColourOfTheJungle1_sm — Colour of the Jungle, photo courtesy the artists

“Steel Tray” by Colour of the Jungle starts off like a full list of examples of not being able to get a break from everyday setbacks and ailments while being assured it’s all normal. But Jack Evans’ voice makes it obvious that he’s on the edge from having to struggle and strive with every little thing from a stone in his show, being prescribed multiple meds with side effects that seem only slightly less worse than life without them, stubbing his toe and dreams in tatters in the face of mundane issues like not enough time and not feeling up to handling everything thrown your way every day and out of explanations for your litany of failings and shortcomings. But there’s a spirited energy to the song that in spite of all the flak that the fact of still being alive has to mean something even if its that for now you’re able to wade through the entropy that you shrugged off more easily in the past. Though the band is from the UK it sounds like they spent a whole lot of time listening to American Midwest rock and roll from places like Memphis and Cincinnati where bands on the Goner imprint and The Afghan Whigs wax poetic poetic about life’s rough and tumble times while writing impassioned and gritty music as a method of self-therapy. Listen to “Steel Tray” on Soundcloud and follow Colour of the Jungle at the links below.