The Relatable Loneliness of Noah Slee’s “Stayed”
Last week I wrote about an artist who used minimal lyrics to convey monumental feelings. “Stayed” is another song that expresses depth of feeling with concise lyrics, ultimately allowing the listener to inject their own meaning into the experience. In this case, the experience is isolation; something that can be comforting, but can also have […]
The Emotion of Zach Kleisinger’s “Feeling Like This”
I cried after the first two lines of Zach Kleisinger’s ballad “Feeling Like This.” Not weepy tears. Torrential tears, the kind of flowing tears Elliott Smith used to bring to my eyes in my teens. Yet, these tears weren’t the melancholy “woe is me,” Smith tears. They were hopeful tears. I’ve had a tough year. […]
