Everything But the Girl - “Five Fathoms” from Temperamental
It’s almost 5am on a Friday morning and my upstairs neighbor must have fallen asleep with his phone on the floor. Someone keeps calling and the buzzing vibrates loudly into my room. They keep calling so it must be important. Since I’ve been unemployed I’ve listened to one of them try and make beats loudly for hours at a time in the afternoon and early evening. If they did anything close to as good as this song I’d be impressed, but instead I’m just annoyed by the bass thumping against the ceiling, over and over. I respect their ambition though.
Sometimes when I listen to this record I feel like I’m shopping at Express, then I catch the lyrics and they are so bleak and brooding and I can’t help but find myself intrigued. Had I found it in my formative years it might have been a game changer. Instead, it suits that beautiful middle ground between engaging, captivating songwriting and perfect background music very few records can fill. I’ve been unemployed for a little over 2 months and I’ve been listening to this record late at night and notice how I keep slipping into the habits from my younger years. Hopefully I can turn this time into something productive instead of something to be ashamed of.
