meka – Temperance
Die amerikanische Singer-Songwriterin und Multiinstrumentalistin Melissa Lingo bringt als meka den süßen, verträumten, nachdenklichen, aber auch beschwingten Folk der 60er und 70er Jahre zurück. Im Song behandelt sie das Thema Trauer und Verlust. Durch den sonnenverwöhnten Sound und dem herausragenden Arrangement wirkt der Song weniger schwer.
“The song is my attempt at explaining the haze of memory and desire to feel something
other than numbness, after a loved one died suddenly. To cope, I clung to what made me feel alive: the most vivid memories of my former self which was in the process of a different kind of death. The first lines are the scene of my drive to my newly widowed friend, from north to south California during an historically devastating fire that turned the usual poppy-covered hills and orchards into ash.” – meka