Monday, June 8, 2009

Song Review: Glasvegas - Geraldine

The Scotland based Glasvegas's self-titled album is full of many auditory landscapes dealing with tough themes of foster homes and broken relationships that paint the images as if the music video is already constructed in your mind just by listening to Rab Allen's haunting guitar riffs. It's singer James Allen who shows what's going on with "Geraldine."

He takes us into a moment in time for a social worker trying to get one of her kids to trust her. The kicking drums and the steady guitar work paints this as a happy melody whereas Allen is singing of the heartbreaking daily life for a troubled teen. But he also makes it clear that this teen has someone looking out for them and honestly cares about their well being. "My name is Geraldine and I'm Your Social Worker" echos loud and clear as a reminder to anyone feeling lost "Somebody's got your back, just let them catch you."

I heard somewhere James Allen grew up in foster homes and this is probably why such powerful lyrics show themselves in songs like these.

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