Here’s Another Monday Morning

Marit Bergman and Titiyo “300 Slow Days In A Row”

As far as songs about breaking up with a long-term partner due to severe ennui go, “300 Slow Days In A Row” is almost entirely devoid of bitterness and resentment. It’s a sweet, old-fashioned tune, particularly in the way it casts aside the sort of pettiness and egoism that tends to define this type of song in the past decade or two in favor of a clear-eyed, kind-hearted assessment of a bad situation set to a heart-melting AM radio ballad in the vein of, say, Dusty Springfield or Dolly Parton. I’m especially fond of the way Bergman sings the word “slow” in the chorus. In most contexts, “slow” would not be such a damning word, but in that moment, she sounds totally consumed by heartache and frustration, not just about the quiet death of her relationship, but for the fact that she doesn’t have a more dramatic, urgent reason to walk away from it.

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