Following their triumph with Red Bull Bedroom Jam in 2012
and hectic festival schedule taking them to the likes of Download, Slam Dunk
and Reading and Leeds Exeter rockers ‘I Divide’ release ‘Follow Me’ taken from
their upcoming debut album out this autumn.
Let’s begin with a quick look at the video the song is set
to, the style is very dystopian and post-apocalyptic; it begins with the lead
singer sitting in an office cum shelter, the walls are covered in plans, maps
and shelves filled with damaged and aged appliances. Everything works perfectly
to build the atmosphere of the piece with the details used making a world of
difference throughout. Throughout the video we see lead singer Tom Kavanagh
pursued and his struggles to continue to his goal, the video ends spectacularly
with the special effects going into overdrive as sky scrapers are seen rising
from the ground then crashing back down to earth.
This leads us on to the most important part, the lyricism
and overall musicality of the track. The band is your classic five piece set up,
vocals, vocals and backing vocals, guitar, drums and bass; the instrumentals
are tight, the guitar work is exactly what fans would want, harsh and
unforgiving while the vocals are the perfect blend of emotive cries for help
while maintaining the gravelly distinction to work in harmony with the instrumentals.
The lyricism is the classic forlorn and emotional love story of a broken
relationship, in this case it’s the one that hasn't yet happened but is clearly
doomed from the beginning. The object of the protagonist’s affections is a girl
clearly in love with someone else and he can’t quite deal with it, she comes
across as untrustworthy because of it and the attraction is completely
reciprocated to the point that the protagonist is losing his mind and can’t
deal with the situation much longer. The symbolism in the video then becomes
entirely apparent from this, the end is a clear metaphor for the truth hitting
him, the building crashing down symbolise how his world is crashing down from
the realisation.
“No loves in moderation, you’ll
never follow me, it’s more like suffocation just get away from me”
This track really brought me back to my early teenage years,
with the band obviously taking a lot of influences from the late nineties and
early two thousands rock scene, the flash of nostalgia really helped me to warm
to them track and ultimately lead to my enjoyment of the piece. In essence this
song is a very well-executed and emotional piece, infusing heavy instrumentals
and emotional driven lyricism and delivery of vocals you can see the band are
at the beginning of a lengthy career
ahead of them.
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