CULTURE
Best Coast – I Don’t Know How
At first, this track seems like a tease of what summer feels like, but as you go on, you’ll see yourself getting more from it. Ambivalent as we are, we always have had difficulty in choosing, and even if the circumstances push us to choose already, we still try and rationalize. A new beginning sometimes entails enlightenment. Sometimes we really don’t know how to face certain things; on other occasions, we know how, but we choose not to deal with them.
Miles Kane – Don’t Forget Who You Are
We won’t let our worries dictate who we are.”
A danceable tune from then-The Rascals front man Miles Kane, this track tells us how to let go and have fun, not letting the norm decide how we live. A mixture of seriousness and playfulness, such a track exists to remind us that one should not forget his or her true identity when going against the norm.
Ellie Goulding – You My Everything
Not every new year means a fresh new start, but sometimes, a second chance. However, with second chances come risks of failing again, but of course it can go the other way. If you think it’s worth it, go for it. Your only enemy will be regret. Then again, how would you know if it’s worth it?
Two Door Cinema Club – Changing Of Seasons
The indie pop trio of TDCC has yet again given a cheerful vibe while recounting the art of letting go and fading away. Let go of the things, or the people, that are holding you back and do not give you importance in the first place.
Eventually you will run out of reasons to hold on, but letting go will be for the better. Eventually everything will fade and will turn for the best.
Last Dinosaurs – Sunday Night
“We were at the right place at the wrong time.”
This Australian alternative band talks of all the regret in the world. What used to be normal and routine are now gone. Whose fault is it? Instead of dwelling on that, ask yourself how much time you put into thinking of solutions for things that have already happened. Perhaps a clean slate will help you improve. You can only imagine what you could have done, and maybe that clean slate is a way for you to do better. No, not just in relationships and for granted things, but in life in general. Maybe timing was not really on your side then, or that it was really not meant to be in the first place, but hey, there’s always next time.
The Aston Shuffle - Can’t Stop Now (Matisse &Sadko Remix)
Why an EDM track, you say? Misleading but appropriate, I just had to add this. I will end with something that is special to everyone in Ecosoc - our culminating song for that memorable, priceless night full of doubt at first. Eventually, we were all able to bounce back, and we ended with a bang. What we’ve done last semester is such a feat that it shouldn’t die out and just be admired. We can’t repeat it; we have to surpass it. Every end and new beginning mean everything but mediocrity. We can’t stop now.
ECHOES | DECEMBER 2013 • 61