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‘The Mute And The Blind’ es el segundo tema de adelanto del próximo álbum de Pajaro Sunrise, “The Future Is Not What It Used To Be”. Yuri Méndez sigue recorriendo su propio camino dentro de la escena musical independiente española y este nuevo single es otra muestra excepcional de su artesanía a la hora de componer canciones, emparentada con artistas como José González, Damien Jurado y Kings Of Convenience. Mientras la letra del tema aborda ideas en torno a la obsesión mediática y la mercantilización de la mayoría de componentes de la sociedad, el aliento melódico de la canción y su suave instrumentación proporcionan un contrapunto necesario de asombro y candor.
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‘The Mute And The Blind’ is the second advance track from Pajaro Sunrise’s upcoming album, “The Future Is Not What It Used To Be”. Yuri Méndez keeps treading his own path within the Spanish independent music scene and this new single is another exceptional display of his craftsmanship in songwriting, akin to contemporaries such as José González, Damien Jurado and Kings Of Convenience. While the lyrical subject deals with notions around media obsession and the commodification of most elements of society, the song’s melodic strength and its gentle instrumentation provide a sense of marvel and candor as necessary counterpoint.
lyrics
These are golden times for the mute and the blind,
there’s so much you can see and not say.
Oh, complying is king from the fashion magazines
to the trite avant-garde of the day.
When the weight of loss crushes everybody’s souls,
and the loss of weight becomes a death-wish trait.
Sci-fi nerds teaching lessons on despair
through rippling waves of bad conscience TV.
And the morning news stark intent on scaring you
as if you were not scared as hell as yet.
Golden times for neurotic market highs
dressed in drag as a fad for mental health.
Now the blaze of love is just a meager waning flame
and the last frontier has gone way beyond the charts.
In their AI dreams there’s no room for fun and games,
not a kiss, not a hug, not a fuck.
Oh, raise your voice, I will try to understand
with a level eye in the light of my mistakes.
But don’t you expect no trade-in, no guarantee;
I will die, you will die, everybody will die someday.
I will die, you will die, and that’s OK.
Let’s get drunk over the ever-turning tide
of random threats, silly rules and musty clowns.
Cooked unrest for the peoples of the west
to feel sorry about themselves if nothing else.
Now the goons been going deadly serious for so long
it will take more than woke to wake us up.
Either you’re out or you’re in, there is nothing in between,
just a void where the gamblers hide their cards.
Now the blaze of love is just a meager waning flame
and the last frontier has gone way beyond the charts.
In their AI dreams there’s no room for fun and games,
not a kiss, not a hug, not a fuck.
Oh, raise your voice, I will try to understand
with a level eye in the light of my mistakes.
But don’t you expect no trade-in, no guarantee;
I will die, you will die, everybody will die someday.
I will die, you will die, and that’s OK.
credits
released November 14, 2023
Words and music by Yuri Méndez
Mastered by Pete Maher
Artwork by Tata&Friends
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