Postindustrial Poets https://www.cooltop20.nl/in-the-spotlight/in-the-spotlight-the-postindustrial-poets/ are an alt-rock project, founded by Pete, a Brit living in Luxembourg. They have been recording since 2019 and began releasing in 2020. For their upcoming release ‘A Song About You’ they joined forces with Belgium based act Time to Act – the project of Manu Pallage, who is primarily a lyricist.
Pete: “We met before playing a gig in Belgium in November 2021. So Manu saw Postindustrial Poets live and knew what he was getting into! He made a big impression by immediately singing a Postindustrial Poets song to us – ‘I Was In Two Minds’!” https://open.spotify.com/track/1PtOSOaHZvpanNL7H270Bx?si=zJWjP9WWT2WdelAHPkmunw
Manu asked if Pete would be interested in collaborating on a song and sent the lyrics over. Pete was in charge of the recording, which was all done in Luxembourg.
Manu: “Well, we were sitting by the pool in Umbria and I realized how lucky I was. I started to write about my better half. It took me a good hour writing it down as it was all obvious, but it took me three days to dare letting her read it. And … she cried…”
Pete: “The cover art is a photo of Manu’s wife – so the person the song is about. It is a romantic song. That is why we timed the release for the run up to Valentine’s Day!”
Manu wrote the lyrics a couple of years ago. He sent them to Pete of Postindustrial Poets https://www.cooltop20.nl/in-the-spotlight/in-the-spotlight-the-postindustrial-poets/ in early June 2022. They then spent a couple of months sitting on Pete’s piano – where he would work on parts of the tune between other projects. Manu wasn’t very prescriptive about how it should sound, but obviously wanted a big arrangement. Pete was interested in doing something with the kind of arrangement you used to get from big West Coast studios.
“The song is pretty chilled. At the centre of the arrangement is a pretty typical band sound: guitar, bass, keyboards, percussion. But around that you have cellos and double bass adding some depth and complexity to the sound. And there was a point where everyone said it was ready and Pete said “we are not there yet”. And he went away and wrote a countermelody for oboes that goes through the chorus. That does bring the chorus to life.”
Pete: “To me it sounds different from anything either of us have done before. And for me it was the first time I have tried to turn someone else’s lyrics into music – it was an interesting challenge!”
Pete: “The lyrics obviously have a special meaning to Manu and his wife, and there were things in the original lyric that probably meant something very specific to them. But I had to edit it down, and so I focused on keeping the parts that will mean something to – I hope – most people. I hope at the end of the editing it is still special to them, and that they will speak to a lot of people…”
‘A Song About You’ will be out 25th January. A Pre-Save https://t.co/n6a2lAOumLis available.
The Review...
This track starts out with that groovy vibe to it. This track has amazing instrumentation with strings playing slightly in the background. The drums are well played with a subtle rim shot along with the kick drum the sets the pace of the groove to this track. the bass line is really nice it flows perfectly with the drums and the guitar that is playing in unison that leads in to the vocals singing, "She Smiles So Sweetly, And Said Why Don't You Write A Song About Me". These lovely lyrics was written by Time To Act. This is a wonderful love song. That kinds of love song that you would play for someone that you would want them to know that you really love them inside and out.
In Conclusion, If you ever want to let some that you love know that you love them, well this is the song for you. This song has a groovy but lovely feel to it. I also love the fact that they incorporated stringed instruments in the song that gives the song a romantic touch. I love the message of love between two people even if one of them has faults at times. This is an all around great love song that you can listen to time and time again.
Review by: SchizoFranic
Link: https://linktr.ee/SchizoFranic
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