What's The Story?
Minus The Bear are an energetic, spaced-out rock band who make that paradox make sense. When We Escape is the eighth track from their third studio album, Planet of Ice.
Who's To Blame?
Perhaps the most convincing living argument that Cleveland rocks.
Why ♥ It?
This track is a beautiful architecture of sound.
It starts with an ambient synth, and quickly adds a persistent guitar line that provokes thought. This sets an atmosphere that's pretty enveloping.
I need to mention the drums during the verse. The off-beat rhythm is a dandy complement to the spacy atmosphere that MTB create in their verse-chorus-verse flow.
Perhaps the best thing about this whole atmosphere that they create is how quickly they ruin it and how good an idea that is. At 1:30. there's an admirable rock-out section that lasts all of 10 seconds, and then it's back to the off-beat drumming and ambient instrumentation. Like coming in and out of a lucid dream; the song sets the stage masterfully.
Finally, the lyrics suggest exactly what this song is about. And then it makes sense. Perfect atmosphere to convey the meaning. Could something be this enigmatic without being about sex?
...Probably, but I still like it all the more because of it.
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