Tomorrow, post punk darlings Drab Majesty will release their much anticipated new album called Modern Mirror. To hold you over one more day, the band has released a new video for the fourth single off the album. Titled ‘Out Of Sequence’, the track features familiar Drab Majesty hooks but manages to offer a bit of a different style from prior singles. This song has a bit of a pop edge to it…in so much as a post punk track can be pop. If Duran Duran put away the keyboards and starting writing post punk singles, perhaps this is the direction it would go in – a New Romantic Post Punk. Lovely melodies, great vocals and shimmering guitar. This is shaping up to be one of the best albums of the year.
Lyrics
YOU TRY TO CONTEST A LIE
WHICH YOU PROBABLY TOLD
A DEAD VENDETTA SUSTAINED
WHEN WE’RE ALL TOO OLD
PRONE TO DIG DOWN
IN GROUNDS WHERE YOU SHOULDN’T GO
(YOU GET A RED LIGHT)
A LIFE WITHOUT OXYGEN
WHISPERED IN THE BREATH
YOU COULDN’T BREATHE OR LEAVE ALONEAND YOU WANTED A REASON TO GO.
DOES ANYBODY UNDERSTAND THIS MIND?
AM I OUT OF SEQUENCE
OR IN THE TIMES
THE DAY I CRIEDDOES ANYBODY UNDERSTAND THESE TIMES?
AM I OUT OF SEQUENCE
OR IN MY MIND
THE DAY I CRIEDOUT OF SEQUENCE
OR IN MY MIND
THE DAY I CRIED.YOU’RE BORN TO A CREST
OBSESSED WITH THE FAMILY STONES
YOUR HANDS MADE OF WAX
ATTACK THE FLAMES IN WHICH YOU THROW
FACTS FROM YOUR AFTERMATH
THAT YOU CAN’T DENY
(YOU GET A RED LIGHT)
A SIGN TWO SPLIT MINDS
IS JUST THE DIFFERENCE OF AN EYE.
(YOU GET A RED LIGHT)AND YOU WANTED A REASON TO CRY.
DOES ANYBODY UNDERSTAND THIS MIND?
AM I OUT OF SEQUENCE
OR IN THE TIMES
THE DAY I CRIEDDOES ANYBODY UNDERSTAND THESE TIMES?
AM I OUT OF SEQUENCE
OR IN MY MIND
THE DAY I CRIEDDOES ANYBODY UNDERSTAND THIS MIND?
AM I OUT OF SEQUENCE
OR IN THE TIMES
THE DAY I CRIEDOUT OF SEQUENCE OR IN THE TIMES THE DAY I CRIED.
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