#FortnightFridayMusic
Nov 1 2024
The prompt is Empty
South, “Paint the Silence” from From Here On In (2001)
Opening line:
“How can you say your life is empty?”
Welcome to the OC, bitch.
Which is to say, in the early oughts I started watching the #WB/ #CW TV teen soap operas because of the music they featured - someone on staff made some really nice under-the-radar picks for their soundtracks, like this track from South’s debut album, which I discovered while watching #TheOC.
South was a 3-member #BritPop-ish band. I always think of them as kind of #shoegaze even though their walls of haze are generated with more #jangly #acoustic than electric guitars, and more echo effects than feedback; I think it’s their dreamy impressionistic sound, with a harder bite than fey #DreamPop.
https://southfromhereonin.bandcamp.com/track/paint-the-silence