And it Sets Us on Fire

I was pleasantly surprised when The Echoing Green announced a listening party for a new single. They’re one of my all-time favorites. They’re independent these days and it is a side gig, so new tracks are less frequent and always a treat.

“I Know Right” is some really catchy synthpop and you can listen above or at the Bandcamp link. It has some of the vibe from The Winter of Our Discontent, which I love. That lyric is still in my email signature:

“our hearts are burning bright, as we’re lifted out of nowhere. our songs all stay behind to sing the story of our lives”

I joined the listening party tonight expecting it to just be a livestream of the song, but Bandcamp also has a chat feature, so it was fun to chat with others. I saw some names I recognized and also unlocked a memory of the echocentral forum (archived) we used to have discussions on in the good ole phpBB forum days.

Chrissy joined and said they were starting up a YouTube livestream, so we hopped over there and had a fun hangout for the next hour talking about other songs they’re working on (it sounds like they have a lot!) and talked about what songs they should try to cover. I immediately said “Pink Pony Club” half as a joke, but I do think it could work. We’ve seen metal covers, why not a synthpop cover?

They don’t really tour much, but there was talk about maybe doing a livestream concert and they definitely want to do more hangout livestreams like tonight’s, so I’m looking forward to that.

The title of this post is the second half of the lyric I used for the last post about the band: “Hope still has a name and it sets us on fire.”