"I hear you’re clinking your glasses / That's just fuckin’ fantastic / I'm still here in the void and I'm choking on the news..."
The stalwart indie rock potency of "Jealousy" by Halifax / Nova Scotia / Canada based band Contrived cuts deep with black and blue lyrics while also offering commiserating fist pumps and full body embraces. While some may think that I am only enamored with abstract, wonky music, my tastes are many and something about this kind of Americana rock (sorry Canada - North Americana rock) always fuels me in some special way. The stirring upfront vocals, the guitar rock edginess without being over the top massive, the dreamy vintage organ-esque keys that somehow feel like ghostly 60's rock and the vocals that sound at once blue collar stoic, but teenage emo, feels like salt of the earth rock.
Referencial connections might be the celebration rock of Japandroids or the small 'p' politico rock of artists like The Hold Steady. As much as I adore a Bruce Springsteen tune now and then, the Americana rock vibe he and his band has always put out might feel too pretentious, too prescribed for me like Bon Jovi rock (but not as lame). Ironically, Contrived feels so much less, well, contrived.
"Jealousy" is the third single release from the Contrived album "Addicted to Sadness".
"Jealousy" is the third single release from the Contrived album "Addicted to Sadness".
"I caught onto your tactics
Now I'm spreading your ashes
Full of unbridled passion
What will the universe reveal?
What wounds will finally heal?
What will be my next ideal?"
Now I'm spreading your ashes
Full of unbridled passion
What will the universe reveal?
What wounds will finally heal?
What will be my next ideal?"
-Robb Donker Curtius
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Contrived is a five-piece rock band from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Comprised of Michael Bigelow, Loel Campbell, Tim D'Eon, Michael MacNeil, and Jon Samuel, the members have collaborated in a variety of diverse projects such as Wintersleep, Holy Fuck, Billy Talent, and Matt Mays, as well as successful solo endeavours and audio production with numerous acts of note.
A fixture in the Canadian musical landscape for over twenty years, Contrived has garnered a reputation for their live performances, at once unrelenting in their sonic peaks and rigorous in their dynamic detail. While the band initially exhibited early to late 2000's influences, Contrived returns with Addicted to Sadness, an eleven song album that strikes a balance between past and future versions of itself. Addicted to Sadness will present Contrived fans new and old with a natural progression: a deep attention to musical and melodic interplay woven under sharp and topical lyricism, while maintaining the band's devotion to masterful songwriting and hallmark sense of spirited urgency.
Contrived, indie rock, alt rock, Americana rock, celebration rock, "Jealousy" single, new album "Addicted to Sadness", complex personal lyrics, fist pumps, full body embraces, earnest rock,
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https://www.instagram.com/contrivedband/
https://www.facebook.com/Contrived/
Contrived is a five-piece rock band from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Comprised of Michael Bigelow, Loel Campbell, Tim D'Eon, Michael MacNeil, and Jon Samuel, the members have collaborated in a variety of diverse projects such as Wintersleep, Holy Fuck, Billy Talent, and Matt Mays, as well as successful solo endeavours and audio production with numerous acts of note.
A fixture in the Canadian musical landscape for over twenty years, Contrived has garnered a reputation for their live performances, at once unrelenting in their sonic peaks and rigorous in their dynamic detail. While the band initially exhibited early to late 2000's influences, Contrived returns with Addicted to Sadness, an eleven song album that strikes a balance between past and future versions of itself. Addicted to Sadness will present Contrived fans new and old with a natural progression: a deep attention to musical and melodic interplay woven under sharp and topical lyricism, while maintaining the band's devotion to masterful songwriting and hallmark sense of spirited urgency.
Contrived, indie rock, alt rock, Americana rock, celebration rock, "Jealousy" single, new album "Addicted to Sadness", complex personal lyrics, fist pumps, full body embraces, earnest rock,
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