Before The Sad Sunrise

Rose Elinor Dougall “Another Version of Pop Song”

This is a song about a tricky emotional situation: You’re in love, or at least something like being in love, but circumstances are forcing you to think too much about the future, and it makes you tense, paranoid, and fearful. Maybe it’s your partner being too clingy, maybe you’re imagining all this pressure because you can’t help but freak out when it comes to commitment. But either way, this bit of negativity subtly taints everything, and even when you’re caught up in this tidal wave of love, you’re anticipating the drag of the undertow. You can feel both in this song, from the dizzying swirl of the drums and Rose’s emphatic “kisskisskisskisskisskiss!” to the low-key melancholy of the keyboard lead melody. (Click here to buy it via Rose Elinor Dougall’s MySpace page.)