Living So Lonely

Fog Lake “I’ll Be Around”

Fog Lake’s Carousel EP is a post-breakup record that sounds like memories of a relationship that are starting to fade and get replaced by more nostalgic and romanticized versions of the events. The music in “I’ll Be Around” feels like a sample of itself; the main piano part is processed so it sounds like a quote. Aaron Powell’s voice is tinny, fragile, and somewhat buried in the mix. You hear him clearly enough to get the emotion from the melody, but you have to listen a bit closer to pick up all the sad sack details of the lyrics. It’s heartbreaking stuff. This is basically a song about a guy who is accepting that the person he’s in love with doesn’t want him at all, and he’s just throwing himself into loneliness in the hopes that he can…what, become the best at being lonely? This is the sound of a guy who feels lost and defeated, but still feels a very earnest love in vain.

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