To Explain The Mirror To The Wall

Cola “Blank Curtain”

Cola somewhat resemble the sound of Interpol on “Blank Curtain,” but a version of Interpol in which all the members have been unknowingly hit with some kind of tranquilizer. Interpol would play this fast super tight, but Cola play it slow and slack. It feels a bit like the stage of insomnia where your body and mind are totally exhausted but you still can’t quite turn off, so everything seems to happen in a slow blur. Tim Darcy’s voice sounds drowsy and slurred but there’s an obvious core of empathy in his performance even without paying attention to the lyrics, in which he’s musing on someone else’s feeling of emptiness and loss. “I wish it could be easy on you, that I could reduce the cost,” he sings, conveying a genuine kindness but also just a profound sense of impotence in the face of everyday misery.

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