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Sugar Pills by From Our Hands A Song Feature

Lehvi June 15, 2023

Up to and including the early half of the 1960s, the Folk genre was the platform for songs that effectively served as commentaries on societal woes. Now, socially conscious songs are sprinkled throughout the genres, with the largest grouping probably found in Hip-hop/Rap. “Sugar Pills” mounts its awareness on driving Rock guitar, power percussion, and vocals with varying degrees of aggressiveness. The band, From Our Hands, leaves no doubt regarding their dissatisfaction with activity on the internet. The lyrics are included in this post (above the YouTube video).

The drums set an appealing rhythm at the start of “Sugar Pills,” with the guitar soon joining with a tenacious riff. Still, the vocals and lyrics define the power of the song. The song notes that people are too quick to judge others based merely upon their birthplace and they too often reach conclusions on the basis of headlines rather than facts. It’s tiresome engaging in internet arguments with people who have lost touch with reality. And we love the song's emphatic shout of “The cure for cancer is not the internet!”

“Sugar Pills” is the first release from “Superheavy,” the upcoming album of From Our Hands. It has been almost 9 years since the band’s last album, “Individuals.” The member of From Our Hands are Matej Hoťka (vocals, guitar), Matej Turcer (guitar), Richard Klimo (bass), and Roman Kelemen (drums). They are based in Bratislava, Slovakia.

“Sugar Pills” by From Our Hands

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Lyrics of “Sugar Pills” by From Our Hands
People have found a new buzz.
They're hooked on them headlines and thus
Ignore all the facts, that lie in front of their eyes.
Why do they do this to me?

I’m sorry but I’m getting bored
by all that shit. And what’s even worse
I find it useless to argue 'bout why
Sugar pills ain’t helping me.

You know, I’m sorry
But the Earth ain’t flat
And no diet’s stop your ageing, I’m sure.

It makes me worry
about the human race.
One thing you need to know…
The cure for cancer is not the internet!

Just get yourself a life.
Just get yourself a life.

Tell me please what’s all the fuss
'bout nations and flags?
With most of you I got nothing in common. So fuck!
Don’t draw your lines around me.

I’m sorry but I’m getting bored
by all that shit. And what’s even worse
don’t wanna argue with someone who lost
touch with reality.

I feel so sorry
for people like that.
The ones who judge you based on where you were born.

I always worry
that they're the same
as those that want you to know,
that the cure for cancer is the internet!

Just get yourself a life.
Just get yourself a life.

I see it everyday.
I fear it might be too late.
You can’t change something that’s broken from the start.

I see it everyday.
I fear it might be too late
For someone that has been broken from the start.

Just get yourself a life.
Just get yourself a life.
Just get yourself a life.
Just get yourself a life.

Sugar Pills by From Our Hands A Song Feature

Reviewed by Lehvi on June 15, 2023 Rating: 5

“The Basement” and “Beautiful World” by Blondes – Song Features

Lehvi May 18, 2023

Blondes are sharing singles as they approach the release of the EP “In Separation” (July 14). This post features two of the six songs from the EP. “The Basement” and “Beautiful World” are fundamentally different from the perspectives of melody and personality. However, the lyrics to both are socially aware and engaging guitar riffs populate the pair.

Blondes are based in Nottingham, UK. In fact, the band formed at the University of Nottingham in 2017. The members are now Will Potter (vocals), Dan Stroud (“Stroudy”) (guitar), Alex Davison (guitar), and Dave Annis (percussion).

It is always gratifying when a band that is enjoying a surge in recognition gives a tip of the cap to music history. Almost 60 years ago, Bob Dylan released a promotional film clip (today called a “video”) with his song “Subterranean Homesick Blues.” The amazingly young Dylan (1965) flipped cue cards as the song played. The first card was the word “Basement.” In the official video of “The Basement,” the first cue card bears the same word.

The intro for “The Basement” features skillfully layered relatively “clean” guitars. Then, the first verse begins, and the bass grabs the instrumental spotlight, while the vocals show that there is no backseat in a song from Blondes. The band explains that the song:
“This is a song that started as a demo during the first lockdown, and it was written pretty much completely remotely by emailing it to each other and adding parts! Fittingly, it’s a song about feeling isolated and looking for a way out, which I imagine was a very well known feeling for everyone at that time. I love the energy of this track and the way it dials up in the choruses. We returned to work with Rich Turvey on this one, who produced the majority of our first EP. He helped take the demo we’d made and step it up into the thumping single-ready track it’s become.”

“The Basement” by Blondes

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“Beautiful World” is more melodically charming but more vocally melancholic than “The Basement.” It is a positive indication of the quality of an EP when a favorite song is difficult to select or shifts depending upon the current mood of the listener. That’s our situation with Blonde’s upcoming EP “In Separation,” even before all six songs are available.

While speaking about "Beautiful World," Alex Davison said:
“It’s my favourite that we’ve written so far. It’s about our relationship with our environment and each other. We wrote it to speak not just for ourselves but to anyone that finds themselves looking around at our world and wondering just how we’ve become so disconnected from one another and the planet. We hope you like it.”

“Beautiful World” by Blondes