“Time to put the silicon obsession down/ Take a look around, find a way in the silence/ Lie supine away with your back to the ground/ Dis- and re-connect to the resonance now/ You were never an island”. It’s scary, but feels so good that we all still use it daily. Every feature from the sounds your phone makes to the red color of the notifications is designed to grab your attention and to release chemicals in your brain that bring satisfaction and happiness, but they also cause addiction and anxiety when those things are not happening according to expectations. While that might sound a bit crazy, the research is tight and well founded. Here we are in a dark, lonely nightmare, and that little bright screen has our undivided attention. Our phones and social media have created animalistic behaviors within us as we ever seek the approval and attention of the masses. Dopamine, if you didn’t know, is a chemical in our brains that has strong connections to rewards-based behavior, i.e., Pavlov’s dogs. The song is most obviously about our addiction to social media and the thirst for immediacy that those little red notifications have caused. Maynard first sets the stage: Dopamine/ On dopamine/ We have been overrun by our animal desire/ Addicts of the immediate keep us obedient and unaware/ Feeding this mutation, this Pavlovian despair”. “Disillusioned” is a case in point for this. While Maynard digs deeply into our lives with his lyrics, he takes us on a journey out of our problems, rather than simply decrying the state of things. One thing I like about this album is the surprisingly hopeful nature of the lyrics. “Just take the step/ Just Take the swing/ Just take the bite/ Just go all in”. So, either way that you decide to view this phrase, the point remains the same: This world needs repairs, and we are the ones to fix it. We cannot ignore the injustice, hypocrisy, and brokenness any longer. On this album, Maynard forces us to “eat” those elephants. Maynard is unapologetically blunt on this album, and he brings up the “elephants” in our societal room that no one wants to discuss or possibly those things that everyone talks about, but no one seems to fix. Secondly, though, I like the idea of bringing the “elephant in the room” concept into play. He’s asking us to start fixing our world one step at a time, rather than ruminate over it or argue about it online. This opening track is specifically using this idea to introduce Maynard’s forthcoming examination of the problems in today’s society. This generally refers to the idea of tackling a monumental problem one step at a time. I’ve seen the idea behind “Eat the Elephant” discussed online quite a bit, and I’m going to interpret it two different ways.įirst of all, Maynard has mentioned that is has to do with the idea of “eating the elephant one bite at a time”. The album begins with a statement of willpower and commitment, but also of intent, in my opinion. Lots to do.“Looming, omnipresent/This task ahead/ This task at hand”. We want to turn performance upside-down, somehow, somewhere. We want to invent a new way of stringing chords together. Is there anything left on your bucket list as an artist or band? It's nice to have upstanding role models in such a ethically questionable line of work. We watched how Gordon Downie-a true artist and gentleman-conducted himself on and off stage. What’s one of the most memorable moments in your career so far? What choice do I have? To sound like myself, flaws and all.-Erik Sanden I've always wanted to sound like Frank Sinatra or Morrissey or John Lennon, but I don't. This song is about my struggle with accepting my strange, warbly, imperfect voice. If sounds have a color, these records are amber and purple.įind a song of yours on Apple Music that you love and tell us what makes it special. These records are among the moodiest, loveliest records ever. What are your top 3 all-time favorite albums on Apple Music, and why? Why did you choose these three albums in particular? Odie, Erik and Joe won and became Buttercup. Aesthetic pool is a no rules game where the goal is to do the most interesting, shocking, beautiful thing. We played a game of aesthetic pool to see who would be in the band. Describe one of your earliest musical memories in detail.
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