
Their sound is like a mellower Taking Back Sunday, with female vocals. Melodically similar to Death Cab for Cutie, but still original. As always, I was drawn to the band first by their music, and then compelled to take a closer look when I examined their lyrics.
"Sing me something soft/Sad and delicate/Or loud and out of key/Sing me anything" (Existentialism On Prom Night), "Holding on to the phone/Holding on to this glass/Holding on to the memory of what didn't last/Waiting for better days/They'll never come/So dry your eyes/It's better/Now it's done." (Now It's Done), "A laundry list of problems/Doesn't make you interesting/And never getting help doesn't make you brave/Not listening to reason doesn't mean that you have faith/You're just cutting off your nose to spite your face" (Sympathy for the Martyr)
Straylight Run creates a sound that I can crank up in the car and fall asleep to at night, and mingles it with lyrics that are relatable and open without being annoyingly emo.
Now comes the sad part. I discovered this band on accident, when looking for a Taking Back Sunday CD at a little record store in Daytona Beach (Atlantic Sounds Records) on February 18. I googled them a couple days later, and found this posted on their Tumblr page:
"Dear friends and fans of Straylight Run,
We are very sad to announce to you that we will be going on an indefinite hiatus. We call it a hiatus and not a break up because the band still enjoys working together and is open to the idea of doing so in the future. If it was up to us we would continue making music throughout this year and the years to come, but the unfortunate reality is that being in a band is a business and when business isn’t good you can only keep going for so long.
We are still making plans to release the live album that we recorded at the end of our last tour. As of now there is no release date though, so stay tuned for more information on that.
We would like to thank everyone one of you who ever came to a show, bought one of our records, took us on tour or supported us in any way at all over the nearly seven years that we’ve been a band. We’d also like to thank everyone that has worked for us, especially Dave Stein, Andrew Buck, Dayna Ghiraldi, Shannon Kimball and everyone at Padell. We have had an amazing time and feel so incredibly grateful to you all for everything we’ve experienced throughout our years as a band. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
Love,
Straylight Run"
What can I say? I think I'm cursed. :(
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