Sven B. Schreiber (sbs)
Having purchased the band's outstanding 2018 release "You Are Creating" only recently, I was glad to find this new single here - only the learn that this is "22's" swan song. What a pity! Nevermind, "2020" is a great song.
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"With 22's numerological origin and all-permeating ethos, as revealed in classic 22-songs like 'Algorythm' and 'Kneel Estate', the year of 2020 had to be of significance. By releasing the song '2020', we are telling that it was the plan all along to keep going until the year 2020, and that the band is now dissolving. With our previous release, the double-album 'You Are Creating', we were eager to give credit to the listener as a co-creator of the musical experience. Now we are taking it one step further, by removing the hopes of any more music from 22, leaving the listener to create everything themselves. As the lyrics of our farewell-song tell, 'Sometimes things just have to die, in order to live..'"
lyrics
No one could say they were late
They mixed up numbers and faith
It was the time of flow
It was the year 2008
They put the y back in zen
At the end of twenty ten
There were no clear beginnings
Nor no ends
And notes they would bend
They fell in love with the act
Not telling secrets
The overcomplicated matters that were never meant
Meant for you
They did some things that they knew they would regret
There was never a future, past or...
Now
We’re here
And the plan’s been followed through
Some things they just have to die
In order to live through
Maybe we will come around in twenty twenty two
Time and all its ticking clocks that line things up in queues.
Everywhere someone’s always telling them were to go
By common sense: there's no place for them
You should know
By black binoculars you scour and find them so
Entertaining everyone ready? Set. Go!
They fell in love with the act
Not telling secrets
The overcomplicated matters that were never meant
Meant for you
They did some things that they never would regret
Now
We’re here
And the plan’s been followed through
Some things they just have to die
In order to live through
Maybe we will come around in twenty twenty two
Time and all its ticking clocks that line things up in queues.
Everytime I go somewhere i get right where i should be
Some would say that’s not enough but it’s good enough for me
I was on the verge of lume that was what they said to me
No one noticed anything so just let the subject
Be of no importance it can not make a difference still
Every breath of air you take, do you take it of free will?
The meaning is not to try to figure out the reason why
Thank you all for listening and until the next time:
Bye
credits
released April 24, 2020
P&C 2020 Long Branch Records & Indie Recordings
Produced by: Magnus Børmark
Lyrics: Magnus Børmark
Composed by: Magnus Børmark, Fredrik Bergersen Klemp, Mats Paulsen, Andreas Kjøl Berg
Performer: 22
Fredrik Bergersen Klemp: Vocals
Magnus Børmark: Guitars, Vocals, FX
Mats Paulsen: Bass, Vocals
Andreas Kjøl Berg: Drums, Percussion
i like the Rick Beato videos and he had shown the track electric sunrise in his video "How To Count Odd Meters". I was very impressed from this song and searched for the whole album and found it at bandcamp ;-) hpaydt
Perhaps a softer, more “pop-forward” album compared to Inmazes and Witness however equally as effective. Vola simply know how to make approachable and great music. 8/10 RJ