Laurence Holmes
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And you made the point, they love their defensive identity.
They absolutely adore it.
I have never found their music to have any sort of emotional complexity.
And you're of an age that you demand emotional complexity.
You might be right about it.
And I'm not necessarily saying even musically.
The overall effect of it is like, this is the I want you song.
This is the I love you song.
This is the goodbye song.
But you need layers, man.
Don't you add layers to End of the Road now?
I hear it, and it's sort of ironic.
It's so over the top.
Yes.
That's like...
You add like an irony to it.
There's also some sadness in the chord structure of closing time.
If I can stretch forward to boy banders who are now doing their own thing to the nth degree.
My daughter has gotten me into the new Harry Styles album, and it is freaking great.
Oh, there's some dance anthems that are really powerful and fun.