I was in the process of making a compilation for my better half when I was inspired to write this. One of the most important things to me in music is that the band are speaking the truth. The lyrics mean alot to me, and how they connect and work with the melody, and how well they do that, changes them from a half decent track to something amazing. It's rare these days that I find a band I connect with on that level. When I was in my teens, I found that I connected with so many songs, that the soundtrack to my teenage angst was as much a part of me as I was. I was hoping, possibly naively, that as I grew, the bands that I grew to trust would grow too. How wrong I was. Some are still, I feel, churning out the same songs but with no where near the passion they used to, whereas others have gone off and got engaged to Nicole Ritchie, thus undermining much of what I thought of them.
I don't know whether I'd have loved this song so much from the off if it wasn't for the fact that a friend of mine is going through a bad patch, and as such the lyrics of this song resonated with me because I was thinking about that at the time. The song I'm talking about is "Your First Love Is Dead" by Telegraphs. It's worth a listen, and I have to say that I really love it. It's alt-rock, almost upbeat, but with a hint of what emo used to be, before the 'scene' grew out of control. The singer, Darcy, has a voice that reminds me of the lead singer of InMe, but with a more mature sound. I'm eagerly awaiting the bands album, and I'm hoping that the album holds that thing I've been looking for. Truth.
"In between the frames of you
I'm trying to find out what is true
So turn the lights out
Now you understand that your heart has a half-life
And all your enemies are outside listening
You see nothing in their eyes, no surprise
Your first love is dead "
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