Best Songs of 2013 – #22
Another of my new discoveries, Mikal Cronin’s ‘Weight’ is, like yesterday’s track, a throwback to a 60s sound that I just love.
Cronin is a power pop multi-instrumentalist out of California who has released two solo albums and spent time in a couple of indie bands.
I don’t know if I’ll ever hear another song by this guy, but I’m sure glad I heard this one. It has the vibe of a great lost Kinks song.
I’m not ready for another day I fail at feeling new
The time is right, I’m only getting older
I’m not ready for the second wave, the weight of seeing through
No, be bolder, golden light for miles
Sing for love in colder portions of my mind
I’m not ready for the weight again
Tie a line and hold on for a long time
There’s an answer for another man, I’ve yet to find a way
Wasted years or waiting for a savior
I’m not made out for the simple path, I’ll take it day to day
No, be bolder, golden light for miles
Sing for love in colder portions of my mind
I’m not ready for the moment
I’m not ready for the tide to change
I’m not ready for the silence
I’m not ready for the fear and shame
I’m not ready for the weight again
Take me from myself
Holding on for something, I don’t know
I’ve been starting over for a long time
I’m not ready for the second wave, the weight of seeing through
Meet Me In Montauk 
To our discussion earlier in the week about new songs, here is an interesting example to dissect. You have verses that come directly out of the 60s with a Phil Spector-esque chord progression and instrumentation. Had the song continued like that, one might write it off as wholly derivative. But then you come to the pre-chorus and the chorus, which immediately thrusts you into the 80s and 90s. It is just that type of change up that can create new sound from old combinations.