There are some bands & musicians that carry with them a really particular mood and feeling. It's why I love Neil Finn, and consider some of his music to be the most influential for me (with the exception of his new project, The Pajama Club. Sadly boring and un-Neil like in it's efforts). I grew up listening to his moody, minor chords and they played soundtrack to some of the first stories and visual concepts I ever conjured.
As my musical tastes have grown, my love of music in the minor chords has stuck. I was in love with "Sea Song" by English band Doves, way before OFF SEASON was even a concept in our heads. But the moment it popped onto my iTunes soundtrack as I scribbled away on my storyboards, I knew it was a perfect fit:
It's extremely cinematic, provoking feelings of claustrophobia, emptiness, longing. As it turns out, even the lyrics seem to mirror Sylvie's plight and internal processes:
Drive with me
Do the things you won't believe
Drive with me
Past the city and down to sea
Crushing dreams
Leave me be, I cannot sleep
Drown with me
Past the city, down to sea
Rush of dream
Leave in peace, let me be
Oh, it's the pain
It's ingrained i me
Oh, I soothe my pain
it's ingrained in me
Drive with me
Drive with me...
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