The latest single from Eternal Summers features a foundation of two alternating electric-guitar chords, simulating the up-and-down motion one experiences on its namesake, “Pogo.” Clocking in at 1:43, with the essence and energy of a Sex Pistols track, the song is more day-glo and dream pop than blood and safety pins. (Think Mates Of State on Adderall.) The chorus is about another chilled-out 20-something trying to stand up (or lay down) against the high stress and action of her burgeoning adult world. Guitarist/vocalist Nicole Yun, one half of the psychedelic Roanoke, Va., duo (along with drummer Daniel Cundiff), wags a finger as she summarizes the lost life of one of her peers: “It’s a pogo life/Saying everything’s all right/When you’re wasting time/Thinking everything is fine.”
“Pogo” (download):
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