Joe Symes, Colin White, and Andy Cleary from Joe Symes and the Loving Kind have been pretty busy as of late with touring, Colin told me two Saturdays ago that touring so much really took a toll on them. They’ve been recuperating and reenergizing for whatever is to come next for them. Late in January they sent me two tracks before the official releases, they were Summer’s Almost Coming and Turn Me On Turn Me Out.
Staying true to Joe’s reflective, personal, and relatable songwriting, Summer’s Almost Coming is just that and successfully connects the link between the excitement of having summer being on its way and the memories of the joy summer has brought in the past.
“Far away we’re racing, Fall down to our knees. All the lights are shining, Bright for all world to see.”
Summer’s Almost Coming
Turn Me On, Turn Me Out is about two people in an open relationship. This isn’t a common theme as far as lyrics in the industry, but it’s an interesting concept that I’m interested to hearing more of. The song accurately portrays the frustrations of wanting to be in a relationship but staying open to other relationships.
“I’ve come a long, long way to catch your smile. And the ground beneath my feet rolls on for miles. In my imagination there is now hesitation, turn me on turn me out”
Turn Me On, Turn Me Out
Overall these songs are pretty maturely written, and the lyrics don’t have a lot of fluff in between them. I really like the lyrics, and the use of instruments in them are good too. If a 90’s band was playing today, then they would sound something like these two songs.
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