Am I alone in here?
Chevelle is one of my favourite bands. Ever. I have all of the albums; even the drastically different and poorly played debut Point #1 (all is forgiven, though, after Sci Fi Crimes). From the middle of their career as professional musicians, the song "One Lonely Visitor" comes off of the album Wonder What's Next, a generally typical release as a band is figuring out their sound and what they can do to improve. Wonder What's Next is an album of experimenting. While "One Lonely Visitor" channels the acoustic channel evident from their debut, they do it differently now, and they do it better.
"One Lonely Visitor" is stripped down to two essential instruments: an acoustic guitar and a voice that can start off soft and eventually deliver in ways no one would expect. The Loeffler brothers give us a song of sadness, but it doesn't come without the realization that things are about to change. It's time to wake up and separate feelings that I keep falling into, seems like good reason. Even though it couldn't be more of a mess, that's what makes the song brilliantly beautiful. It is a mess of emotions without ever being a mess...if that makes sense. Oh well. It's the things that make you think that stick in your mind.
The last minute and fifty seconds is something you HAVE TO listen to. I don't care if you've got places to be or things to do...listen! You haven't heard power in a song this strong since Kanye (even if this predates him). More Chevelle features coming in the not so distant future...
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