Arco - Driving at Night EP
(Dreamy)
This tiny peek at Arco's melancholy pop, has gotten me
very interested in hearing more. They
write songs to tug at your heart with as much hurt as
Pedro the Lion or The Smiths ever have.
Two of the songs on this single are from their debut
album, Coming to Terms on Pehr Records (US)/Dreamy
Records (Europe). The first track, "Driving
at Night," displays the great lyrics Arco
use, for example the line "I have to spend my life
with someone / It might as well be you"
somehow comes across as a sincere reason for being
with someone instead of the insult you would
normally think it was.
"All This World" brings the mood down a bit further
with a very direct song about loneliness and
isolation ("..With how many lovers do you have to
sleep, to know that you're alone in all this
world?..").
The last song is exclusive to this single, though it's
only 1 1/2 minutes long. It's a nice
piano and vocal song that ends before you really
realize it has started, which makes it so hard
to resist hitting play again to hear the whole single
again.
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