Mar 11 : "Breakup Song" - Elbowache (Philly)

Philly Music!

A breakup is a time of upheaval.

Thursday I went to Century Bar and saw Philly solo outfit "Elbowache" do a good opening up of the evening. Elbowache has several albums on line on Bandcamp, and I've been listening to the work over the past week since the show. There are textured instrumentals and nuanced tales of the human psyche.

A case in point is "Breakup Song", which is the seventh song on Elbowache's 2018 album, "Zero Fantasy". We're jolted right from the beginning with a loud dissonant bass sound, that's then followed by some other parts joining in, but together they're always churning, always bubbling, helping to create a feeling of upheaval. The song structure has some choppiness in it with some unexpected breaks ... except when there aren't. The instrumentals keep the main character in the song as well as the listener off balance.

The character in the song has plenty of mixed emotions; he's happy for the breakup / not happy for the breakup / looks back / wonders what happened / wonders what's happening.

And what upheaval! He wants to talk about it:
all the time
but not all the time
only some of the time
but not all the time

Here is "Breakup Song" by Elbowache":

Elbowache is going to be doing a show Thursday night, March 12, at The Fire. And here is the link to Elbowache's Facebook page Elbowache on Facebook (CLICK HERE). There you can find a link to Bandcamp where you can listen to more of his music.