Some songs create landscapes, and some tell stories. Marc Soucy's "Montana" is its capacity to harbor two truths: pride in what the nation has become and grief for those who bore the cost. It's a ballad for the hopeful and heartbroken alike, a reminder that history never has only one story.
"Montana" draws from the century between the 1840s and 1940s, when the United States rapidly became a global superpower. Soucy recognizes the nation's incredible ascendance; Its ingenuity, growth, and mixing of cultures fueled its dynamism. But with that growth came a darker reality, one tendency to get buried beneath success stories.
"Montana" soaring instrumentals and heartfelt lyrics provide a deep understanding of both pride and pain. The song stands for the voice of the displaced Indigenous peoples, the laborers who worked in terrible conditions to build the great machines, and the idealists who died before ever seeing their promises come to fruition.
"Montana" is a powerful meditation on the past and a reminder to remember all the footsteps it took to get here. It's a song that celebrates America's persistence but also laments the line of sacrifice it leaves in its wake.
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