The time of inevitable changes
Changing Pace, a debut album from Write The Future has just celebrated the first anniversary. No shit, I didn’t notice that, felt like it was just couple months ago. But maybe I’m not following the band closely enough. Or maybe I’m too busy getting my shit together.
Last night I met with Avinala (Amukredam/What The Sparrow Did To You) at Berhura Hura gig. We talked about Write The Future like the same way people talked that the album is solid as shit.
In my book, Write The Future are still one of the raddest bands that writes perfect songs for every pissed-off and fucked dudes or dudettes in their twenties. You can name the band after The Story So Far, Lifetime, Title Fight, Knuckle Puck. Or like my dumb ass who called Dandy like Bob Nanna, which is not even closer according to Akhmad Alfan Rahadi. Well, I just threw some ideas out there and they kinda do Fan but that’s what happened when you sleep on Hey Mercedes.
Anyway, but we also know the recognition is bit low on this, and nobody seems talking about it. Maybe they don’t tour much as well. Maybe local pop-punk band is not relevant for VICE Indonesia and saying it’s HAI things. Maybe it’s huge things for school kids age up to freshmen year, a major demographic for pop-punk market. But I don’t hang with kids, so maybe I don’t know. Lots of maybes I guess.
However, it’s also something funny and rare things to notice how some album and song just popped into my life and starting to mean something. This is one of those rare things. Changing Pace referring to the 4th track out the album has stuck with me since day one. For me, it’s voicing a lot of confusion and uncertainties when you’re in the middle point of boyhood and adulthood. To picture this, there is a time where I just can’t help but hit hard the nearest wall with my bare knuckles. It’s the point where your college years are over and you have to make responsible decisions, means not fucking around.
I’m fucking unsure what I have to do, what person I wanted becoming in the future. Can we just slow everything down? Let me think about it. I realized life tends to feel like standstill in my boyhood until adulthood coming into my way and you should catch up a new cycle that changed you. People around you are running, rushing, and changing.
I also realized that change in one’s life is avoidable. Honestly I did follow the most cliche things about being mature desperately. I was unsure in the first time, sometimes get excited, and most of the time I feel like a worthless dipshit. Yeah eventually, I might be the same guy who is still figuring out my shit and trying hard not to fuck up. The song is amazing reminder for those phases. Cheers for that, the album and the song worth to celebrate for.
Every hangout place in Malang should have this album framed hanging in the wall. I’ve seen one. But not framed, just a display on the wall shelf. Maybe they think the horses are really tight.
Ok enough. Let’s carry on our things, like have you watched The Shape of Water? But only this time is a dolphin trying to suck female genital. Check the video HERE. Anyway, below is the video from Write The Future, not the dolphin. Alright, have a nice time and be kind to each other.
