I’m standing at the corner. I’m still listening.
Midnight Blue.
Oh man. I’ve really slacked off, haven’t I? I’ve even missed my yearly blog update. Sorry. Anyway, Disturbances of Spring is still alive, and so am I. Inching slowly toward the next record…one track, one knob turn, one fader slide at a time.
There’s definitely a certain autumnal darkness to the new songs. I’ve already passed that point a while ago. The point of realizing that there are most likely more years behind me than ahead. So it seems inevitable that the light would thin out and fade around the edges of one’s view. On the other hand, some other things become so much clearer in this same light. The how and why of arriving at where you stand at any given time. An understanding that was out of reach when you were younger and angrier—and had much less of an investment in this life.
Some other stories will be mixed in there too, I’m sure. Things that have happened to me, or to people I know. Or to some that I only knew from a distance. A lot of things to try to make sense of, lately. And it hasn’t been easy. But I’ll try my best.
On the upside, I just found out recently that both Bob Mould and Swervedriver are coming out with new albums early next year. How about that? Sounds like the beginnings of a pretty damn good year in rock music. Let’s hope that Disturbances of Spring will join them a little later on. Let’s bring some guitars back to popular music, shall we?