Jeez, there is something to be said for times before when live existed on dirt roads and grass filled fields instead of asphalt (at least for some of us). The dreamy track "Midwest" by Levee is a shape shifter, a chill indie rock / jangle pop ballad that stealthily erupts into something closely resembling post hardcore emo shapes with big crashing downbeats (kind of Jeff Rosenstock-ish). In true DIY fashion, wrote, recorded, and produced independently, the sound feels free spirited, not that lo-fi (at all), the thing of house parties or cinder block venues in the middle of nowhere. I dig it.
Levee shares:
[this is a song about life in the midwest, reminiscing on childhood, and learning how to grow as a human. it also focuses heavily on relationships with people that helped you develop into the person you are today. it's an ode to the battle of loneliness, while also depicting beauty and serenity in the times we are surrounded in nothing but nature]
An ode to simpler times, "Midwest" also is an anthem to sing along with:
Take me out to the Midwest / Show me how you always lived in it / Bring me down to that old pond / Where we used to play with sticks and rocks / Let's go driving in the minivan / Let's go somewhere that we've never been / Fireworks in the parking lot / Are we there yet? / Just one more stop..."
An ode to simpler times, "Midwest" also is an anthem to sing along with:
Take me out to the Midwest / Show me how you always lived in it / Bring me down to that old pond / Where we used to play with sticks and rocks / Let's go driving in the minivan / Let's go somewhere that we've never been / Fireworks in the parking lot / Are we there yet? / Just one more stop..."
-Robb Donker Curtius
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