Some songs stick in your craw like a dream you can’t get out of your head. One of those is the latest Rushbonds single, “My Comedian.” And it’s a profoundly cinematic and soul-tingling track that paints an impressionistic portrait of love that is always not far and elusive. Inspired by The Setting Sun, Osamu Dazai’s classic novel, the song is imbued with the burden of family, the muted grit of resilience, and the bittersweetness of time’s passage.
Rushbonds wrap cozy, experimental soul vibes in the crisp energy of indie, finding a sound both intimate and grand. The arrangement ebbs and flows, much like memory itself, delicate one moment, crashing like a wave the next. The beauty of an older woman is a metaphor for an always-there-but-somehow-never-quite-there love, an experience as universal as it is uniquely captured on this track.
“My Comedian” melody is haunting, the lyrics dig in, and the production envelops you like a story that needs to be told. It’s an experience that lingers with its flavor long after the final note has died away. If “My Comedian” is anything to go by, this artist is not afraid to plunge into the depths of human emotion and take us for the ride.
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