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THE PIERCES--"TEAM" (Lorde cover)
TRUE, week of 6/24, Post #2:
Hear "Team."
With the singular exception of the 2007 song “Boring,” which capitalized on exactly the sense of unacknowledged disenchantment I’ve always suspected lurked behind the shimmering bead-curtain of their harmonies, I’ve always found the Pierces skilled but...well, they said it, I didn't.
But THIS. It’s a terrific song anyway, and at 12 or whatever she is now, Lorde can already write circles around them (not that there's any shame in that—she writes circles around lots of people). And certainly Lorde’s glitch-and-jitter fits her intentions better, marries healthy suspicion of the adult world with a surprisingly hard-bitten and hard-earned optimism, even sweetness.
The Pierces’ version is certainly more adult. I could argue that it's successful because it lays bare the nostalgia--already embedded in Lorde’s music--for a time when she completely believed there were such things as alternate ways forward, totally bought her own grounded optimism not just for herself but for everyone. I could argue that the Pierces add fresh, autumnal hues.
Mostly, though, this is just so flat gorgeous, I stop caring what it’s saying.
Hear "Team."
With the singular exception of the 2007 song “Boring,” which capitalized on exactly the sense of unacknowledged disenchantment I’ve always suspected lurked behind the shimmering bead-curtain of their harmonies, I’ve always found the Pierces skilled but...well, they said it, I didn't.
But THIS. It’s a terrific song anyway, and at 12 or whatever she is now, Lorde can already write circles around them (not that there's any shame in that—she writes circles around lots of people). And certainly Lorde’s glitch-and-jitter fits her intentions better, marries healthy suspicion of the adult world with a surprisingly hard-bitten and hard-earned optimism, even sweetness.
The Pierces’ version is certainly more adult. I could argue that it's successful because it lays bare the nostalgia--already embedded in Lorde’s music--for a time when she completely believed there were such things as alternate ways forward, totally bought her own grounded optimism not just for herself but for everyone. I could argue that the Pierces add fresh, autumnal hues.
Mostly, though, this is just so flat gorgeous, I stop caring what it’s saying.
