I can’t tell if I’m in love or just swayed by the hype, but Those Dancing Days is on heavy rotation lately. Is it a bad thing that I can’t differentiate between emotion and persuasion, or more specifically, is it about refusing either? Does it even matter at all? Should I embrace this, gulp, liminality? (Will this be the first and last use of “liminal” on HJ?)
There’s the pitchiness of the singer, inflected with R&B sensibilities jutting up against tried-and-true indie pop model — even in its flimsy state. The Farfisa’s synthetic beyond belief and the lyrics are, well, a bit cliched. With the odds are totally stacked against them TDD knock it out of the park, exuding a breathless energy that pricks my ears. I guess it doesn’t hurt that the video is cute enough to induce an acute, life-threatening toothache, too.
