I could lie and tell the following lines how great was the first listen of "Simple Times", how much it meant to me. However, I prefer to be honest: I remember the first time I heard a song by Joshua Radin. Surely it was in a scene from any series or movie, because his music has appeared in over 75 productions, but also put his hand on fire. The one fact I am sure is that I loved from the start. I remember (of course) that a song was enough to convert "We Were Here" and "Simple Times" on two albums on my iPod fixed. I also remember the momentum that began touring the Boston record stores looking for them (in that sense, Newbury Comics never fails). I also remember the joy I felt upon hearing the news of his visit to Spain. The Saturday evening of this visit was consummated.
A half-filled City Hall waiting for eight o'clock in the afternoon, the output of a singer from Ohio who was about to step on stage for the first time Spanish. He left a few minutes later, shy, with his trademark hat, and refugee and after his guitar. He admitted his nerves and excitement for the challenge presented to him and apologized for not knowing our language. Sympathetically revealed his surprise at the fact that someone had come to him, considering that in 45 minutes started the quarter-finals of Euro, which faced Spain and France. He then made his debut with a "No Envy, No Fear 'that sounded slow and timid and failed to awaken the minds of the public, even when the artist was encouraged to sing at the edge of the stage, no microphone. For much of the concert, the audience seemed more attentive to the words of Radin between songs when they played with him singing some songs.
Thanks to the artist's attitude (with the invaluable help of whiskey with him), we know many details of all their albums. We now know that "We Were Here", her first album, was inspired by the breakup with his first girlfriend and his then titled "Simple Times", was based on the break with the second. After months like a lost soul for a broken heart, a 'Brand New Day' filled him with hope and encouragement to keep going. We also discovered a couple of friends Radin, heard one of his singles in your intimate moments and asked him to compose a special cuandon one of those moments, trying to bring new life to the world (do not untangle what those issues if someone prefers not to know).
Note that, together with 'Brand New Day', 'I'd Rather Be With You' was the most chanted in the evening. They were also very well received parts of their upcoming album, especially the song that gives name, "Underwater" (can be downloaded free here), and "Where You Belong '. This new work (which will be released on July 31) seemed to please the audience, because, although it has a touch more Hawaiian, the issues we presented are more similar to "Simple Times" at "The Rock and The Tide "(which did not play any songs). The name of his new album, of course, surje of recent experience related to overcoming a problem in the eardrums of Radin that had prevented him from diving under sea water until a few months (experience related in the interview I conducted last week).
For those who enjoy the show you could not and ye hear more of "Underwater", here's a preview:
We leave also the setlist of the show:
No Envy, No Fear
Today
Your Love Goes Anywhere (New)
The Fear You Will not Fall
Is Gonna Be Better Tomorrow (New)
You Got What I Need
Closer
Here's Where We Begin (New)
You Got Growin 'Up To Do
Underwater (New)
I'd Rather Be With You
Winter
Everything'll Be Alright
Let It Go (New)
Where You Belong (New)
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