A few months back Bob made the observation that I hadn’t had any new music to listen to in a long time and that it was likely a contributing factor to my general disposition and lack of creative inspiration. I conceded that he was probably right—as he usually is—and lamented the nondescript time frames of upcoming releases from some of my favorites.
And then everybody released new music at the same time.
Better Than Ezra floated on the outskirts of my music radar for a lot of years. (Good, Extra Ordinary, Desperately Wanting…) They have a handful of songs on the Drive List as they were always in heavy rotation on 105, but I never explored the rest of their music for…reasons unknown. Then Absolutely Still hit the airwaves long after Drive and caught my attention. But it wasn’t until I was building the beat to death Ben & Marina soundtrack that I suddenly felt compelled to look into more of their stuff. The one didn’t necessarily influence the other, the timing just happened that way.
Regardless.
Jackpot.
In its current state, there are four BTE songs on the Ben & Marina soundtrack. Two of which play over very significant conversations between the two. One of which involves one of my very favorite lines I’ve ever written.
Accumulating the entire BTE catalog is no cheap feat. They’ve been around for a lot of years and have a lot of damn albums. But damn. Worth it. Kevin Griffin has fantastic songwriting skills. (And fantastic blue eyes…) And even if you’re not familiar with much (or any) BTE music, you’ve probably heard at least a few KG songs. He seems to write with everybody.
The new All Together Now album does not disappoint.
And the song Gonna Get Better hits all my music-loving triggers in just the right spots.
(Better Than Ezra — Gonna Get Better)
(Better Than Ezra — Crazy Lucky)
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