Peter Thomas
A ripper of a pop song!
Definitely a late 60’s, psychedelic, Byrds vibe which is different to the first single but just as good.
Favorite track: Learn To Live Without You.
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about
The Finalists' debut single, 'Ignore All The Hate (On Your Telephone)', a featured single of the week on 2SER 107.3FM, was an understated slice of melodic melancholia, draped in acoustic and electric guitars that sparkled and gently jangled over rolling bass and Velvet Underground meets The Ronettes drums. In contrast, 'Learn To Live Without You', a concise and infectious, garage and jangle-pop guitar nugget, harks back to the golden age of the two and half minute pop song.
The song bursts into view on the back of a psychedelic intro before the drums strike a declamatory beat and 6 & 12-string guitars strum and chime in unison as Mark Tobin paints an optimistic picture of a broken relationship. The Beatles, R.E.M. and The Byrds in the Paisley Underground.
Tobin wrote most of this song in one afternoon on a 12-string acoustic guitar but as he explains, the song really came alive once they started playing it as a band. "The more we played it, the more psychedelic it became. We shamelessly channelled our heroes, The Beatles and The Byrds, and covered the song with 12-string guitars, Ringo style drums and harmonies. This song, like many others, is about the impermanence of relationships, and the realisation that sometimes there is nothing you can do to prevent an imminent painful loss."
lyrics
And I'll have to learn to live without you
Won't have anyone to reach out to
You deserve it all and I'm happy for you
I have a feeling when you run away
Life won't have meaning for me anyway
I can't tell what's true from the lies I'm told
I don't think you'll ever come back home
You deserve it all and I'm happy for you
I had a feeling that you'd run away
Life won't have meaning for me anyway
I'll just become a distant memory
And I'll have to learn to live without you
Do whatever I can to get through
It was probably my appalling behaviour and untruths
I have a feeling when you run away
Life won't have meaning for me anyway
I'll just become a distant memory
And I'll have to learn to live without you
credits
released October 13, 2020
Produced, recorded and mixed by Bob de Freitas at Bob’s Sensatory Laundry in Waterloo, NSW.
Written & arranged by Mark Tobin/The Finalists
Mark Tobin - vocals, acoustic, electric & 12-string guitars
Robert Young - electric guitar, keyboards, incidental percussion
Chris Familton - bass guitar
Matt Brown - drums
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