I’ve had Kelly Polar’s latest album, I Need You To Hold On While the Sky is Falling, on repeat in the car for many moons. His production style is unparalleled IMO and he has a uniquely unpop voice that’s more like a musical alto. In fact, though I haven’t confirmed this, I Need You To Hold On seems to me a kind of opera or musical, expressing in many songs the anguish of unrequited love in it’s different forms. Many of the songs have an almost vengful tone that make me think he wrote the songs having recently broken up with someone or making the protagonist of his songs doing just that.I could be wrong however, that’s just a thought. I always thought that this song, Chrysanthemum, was about the pain of breakup and wanting revenge (though not necessarily taking it). However, after more listening, it could be about nuclear war. You be the judge…
Here’s the video for Chrysanthemum. Enjoy! It’s Kick Ass too!