“Or do you like old things that have a mottled texture polished through the years under soft sunlight?”
The single “Nothing beats like a heart” co-produced by Escape Project and The Midnight Band went live on August 25th.
Naturally, the escape plan needless to say, with the song “The Brightest Star in the Night Sky”, it has long been a household name. After boarding the singer stage, the song “Your Love” made many people know them better.
The Midnight is a synthesizer wave band founded in Los Angeles in 2012. It consists of Tyler Lyle and Tim McEwan. Their songs are partly inspired by the soundtrack of “Drive” and the retro ensemble genre developed around its release. The two original singles “We Move Forward” and “Gloria” were officially released as part of the first EP “Days of Thunder” in 2016, and then “Nocturnal”, which was released in 2017, was released on the music distribution website The band camp has been selling well for several weeks. The perfect combination of the iconic electronic drum sound and vocals, the strong film retro feel and the modern arrangement and mixing make them quickly attract a large number of fans.
As early as last Christmas, Escape Plan announced the news of this co-op single. Electronic music has been the vane of the past two years, and the news is highly anticipated as soon as it comes out. I want to know what kind of surprises the fusion of well-known domestic rock bands and synthwave will bring.
In fact, Mao Chuan, the lead singer of the escape plan, has a special feeling for old objects in private. The most commonly used red sofa in the band rehearsal room is the testimony. The two red sofas are old things that Mao Chuan bought from the second-hand market more than ten years ago, and they have been used until now. He believes that old things are also alive.
Every old thing found with heart carries a unique story it has experienced. In this too impetuous age, perhaps only these old things with historical thickness and traces of use can make people truly calm down. This is also the origin of the single “Nothing beats like a heart” between Escape Project and The Midnight band.
In this era when it seems that everyone is being swept up by consumerism, whether people or things are being forgotten faster and faster. Every year, popular things and buzzwords are changing. We are trapped in new and old electronic products, and we have to obey the cold mechanical chip, dragged and accelerated by gears; trapped in the new transparent window, we passed through yesterday. Today’s clothes have lost their value; they have also been trapped in every technological advancement and massive amounts of information. If one omission is a little bit, they have lost their qualifications to speak out after a meal. In order to keep up with this fast-developing era, people must continue to sprint mode.
Just like this single “Nothing beats like a heart”, if everything we have seen and touched is constantly disappearing and will face replacement, will we no longer be needed in the future? When the advertised taste has become a material choice, when the sense of superiority is higher than the surplus of the spiritual world, can we do anything? Try to recall the joy and excitement that we have when we become our possessions. Even if we can’t resist the nihilistic consumerism, don’t let it down, these old things who have been with us for a short time. The world of the future is worth taking a big step forward, but real life also allows us to stop for a while for them.Return to Sohu to see more
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