Elliot Minor, those British rock-revivalists, are back from a decade-plus slumber. They’ve re-emerged, instruments blazing, with their new single “How Does It Feel.” You know, the ones who always managed to sneak a cello into a mosh pit? That’s them. Five members, still kicking.
“How Does It Feel” digs into that gloriously messy space where outward success crashes headfirst into inner turmoil. They are painting us a scenario. One minute you’re king of the mountain, the next you’re wondering why your crown feels suspiciously like a dunce cap. It’s like finding a winning lottery ticket tucked inside a eviction notice – the bizarre duality of life laid bare.
The song deals in masks. We’re talking the kind you don’t buy at a costume shop, crafted instead, meticulously, out of brave faces and strained smiles. The band is speaking about the sort of disconnect that makes you feel like you’re shouting into the void, even when surrounded by a cheering crowd.
Why do perfectly good shoelaces always snap at the worst possible moment? Irrelevant? Maybe. But it’s that kind of jarring interruption that echoes the song’s theme of fractured communication. It builds the atmosphere that despite it all. Despite reaching to be on “top of the world”.
It also throws a punch in the feels department. Elliot Minor isn’t just strumming guitars and bashing drums; they’re plumbing the depths of heartbreak and that yearning for a genuine lifeline. There’s that suggestion in confronting the monsters under the bed (or, more accurately, in your head) might just be the path forward. The journey starts within.
Is it that kind of cathartic release rock ballad? Are we to feel free from the struggles when we hit repeat?
What if all roads actually lead to Rome, Georgia, instead of Rome, Italy? These are the deep philosophical concerns prompted after multiple listens of that track. It’s an audio enigma wrapped in a five-piece band delivery. A return and a question mark, all at once.
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