It’s a rare thing to find a new band with a song I absoulty love, it’s even rarer to find a band that has five or six really meaningful and beautiful songs.
Straylight Run is a phenomenal Emo band that hasn’t been getting much, if any airplay and it’s a shame that corporate America can’t recognize good music when it bites them on the ass.
Made from several members of Taking Back Sunday and Breaking Pangaea Straylight Run has cross the soul searching and power of Emo with a folkish vibe to create songs that not only sound beautiful but actually, as my drama and English professors used to say a lot, “Speak to a part of the human condition”
Probably my favorite song is “It’s for the best.” I don’t listen to the allegedly “Christian” music because its pretty much all crap, so when I find a song that speaks to my faith it’s a powerful thing.
it takes more time than i've ever had
drains the life from me
makes me want to forget
as young as i was, i felt older back then
more disciplined, stronger and certain
but i was scared to death of eternity
i was saved by grace
but destroyed by naivety
and i lied to myself
and said it was for the best
so now faith is replaced with a logic so cold
i've disregarded what i was
now that i'm older
and i know much more than i did back then
but the more i learn
the more i can't understand
and i've become content with this life that i lead
where i drink to much and don't believe in much of anything
and i lie to myself
and say "it's for the best."
we're moving forward, but holding ourselves back
and we're waiting on something that will never come
To me that song speaks to my faith because it’s describing my faith life in so many words and its really made me examine who I am and what I’ve been doing.
Article comments
1 - Joel Caris
I saw this CD at work (I work in an electronics department) and checked it out on our preview station out of curiosity. I listened to some previews and read that it had former Taking Back Sunday members and bought it. I haven't regretted it in the least.
They really are a great band but are kind of hard to classify. They are emo, I guess, but it's a soft emo. Lots of piano, as you said, which I really like. I hope these guys find their audience, but they seem to be being largely overlooked at the moment.
"It's For The Best" is a great song. I'm also real big on "Another Word For Desperate."
Anyway, these guys are great. I hope more people start checking them out.
2 - Gabe
This band has done what few dare to do. If you anything about literature and art you'll kniw how ideas become overused. Straylight has broken that by creating a beautiful and unique album. Buy it!
3 - Rachel
I love straylight run, and me an my friend just randomly picked up the cd at target not even knowing the band. It turned out they were great and we love them so much.
4 - Kennedy
Check out Straylight Run perform "Existentialism on Prom Night" on the campus invasion tour: