LISTEN: Spectrals - "I Ran With Love But I Couldn't Keep Up"

Spectrals - "I Ran With Love But I Couldn't Keep Up"


One of the few things in life we devote the most time and effort to is love. Some go with the flow, saying they love one another despite an unspoken disappointment -- one that reveals the half-hearted love that holds the relationship together. Others find their relationships to be rather one-sided, pouring every ounce of themselves in only to find that the one they love is not as committed to the relationship. It's moments and scenarios like these that are the most difficult to face in dealing with the end. The difficulty lies with the reality that the one thing that meant the most to the person in the world is now just a fading memory. What's difficult is rebuilding after the dissolution of such a thing as life must now be defined in a completely different way; in a way, the heartbroken must learn how to live all over again.

"I Ran With Love But I Couldn't Keep Up" is slow-burning surf rock meeting the comforting character and emotionally rich detail of alt country. With slide guitar and subtle touches of vibrato lightly shaking each guitar chord, the song is rather dream-like despite its melancholic acknowledgement of love lost. Louis Jones sings with a croon over the reflective mood of the shimmering, almost vulnerable-sounding instrumentation. Each chord drips with a sustained longing for what was as he confronts the cold hard truth presented in the movement of slide guitar. Jones bravely faces heartache as he enters the fadeout, swallowing his pain as he accepts the fate of love and admits that maybe it was all for the better.



BUY: "I Ran With Love But I Couldn't Keep Up" is from Spectrals' Extended Play. Pick it up on Amazon, Amazon MP3, iTunes, or direct from Moshi Moshi here.

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Thanks, Louis Jones.