“Cause you heard it on the radio/Doesn’t make it beautiful.”
A song with a good beat can hold it’s own any day in my book, but when the lyrics make you think it’s definitely an added bonus. Mansions on the Moon‘s latest single, Radio, does just that. The track is a great synthesis of upbeat (I can’t listen to it without doing the unprofessional but inevitable office-chair-wiggle) and contemplative. It’s mellow enough to allow you to actually listen to and appreciate the lyrics. The group’s put together a narrative that paints a refreshingly accurate picture of the music market and its contradictory tensions between making money and art. I’ve just recently gotten into this band, and the more I listen the more I like.