The Beat Generation is alive and well, and with "The Outsider," they've written a song that isn't just hitting play, it's striking a chord. This is a lifeline for those who've ever felt like they could never fit in. From the lonely child in the playground corner to the young woman spurned as uninvited and even, finally, to an elder blighted by life's cascading cruelties on down through "The Outsider," it gives shape to hearts commonly nameless and adds both recognition and a rhythm.
Written, played, recorded, and mastered by frontman Lawrence White, with bassist Toph and drummer Cody Kendall answering the call of duty, Cellophane Flowers is a very much round-sounding artifact that comes full circle back into his own psyche. With an infectious beat and a bluesy, melodic pulse, it's impossible to keep ears at bay from the listening experience, which is instantly engaging if not all that heavy-handed coming from its sympathetic message. Every note, every drumbeat feels as if it's new, has come from the street and resonates with the silent battles of lonely hearts, to feed that musical essence which nerves their bed-chamber door.
"The Outsider" works because it's frank. It never attempts to powder over pain with clichés, it exalts the quiet resilience of those who look at the world through another lens. And yet it's impossible not to tap your foot along with the beat. There is joy woven into the blues melody, a calling out that even when you are isolated, there is connection, if in nothing else, then just in a song that gets it. "The Outsider" demonstrates that even when you feel like an outsider, it doesn't mean you can't be heard.
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