To me, there are two varieties of party-goers: the people who know when the occasion’s over, and the individuals that may’t appear to let the occasion finish. However what sounds painful and draining to some (partying for days at a time) is energizing and invigorating to others, and probably the most expert can use the evening’s vitality to slingshot them by way of their days. tibia’s “Two weeks of Gloria” speaks to those that stay for that fixed stimulation, utilizing brash vocals, thick drum patterns, and simple guitar riffs to create a sonic rendition of the overwhelm of a nonstop rave.
Swedish duo Elias Sahlin and Vide Willemark, each musicians in their very own rights, are childhood finest buddies that wished a artistic endeavour to maintain them shut. Thus got here tibia, a venture wholly rooted of their friendship and the music they beloved rising up (Nirvana, MGMT, The Sugarcubes). In a whirlwind of artistic vitality, the pair recorded greater than an album’s value of fabric of their Stockholm highschool basement on a barebones arrange, solidifying their blown out, gripping sound. “Two weeks of Gloria” was the primary of these archives to emerge.
Setting off instantly with a kick drum, the observe listeners into the messy, chaotic, at instances overwhelming world of the tune. The vocals are distorted and fuzzy, with excessive and low octaves that bounce off one another to construct depth (within the second verse, the excessive octave is introduced as much as a shout, creating much more rigidity). The lyrics are nearly rushed, with one line going proper into the subsequent like a run-on sentence. Sahlin and Willemark draw out the final phrases of each few strains (“I don’t knowwwwww,” “Plans to do higher yeahhhhhh,” “What would you like me to sayyyyyy?”) including to the hazy and disorienting image of drunk voices flailing throughout you.
“Two weeks of Gloria” leans into the ‘work onerous play onerous’ ethos, with the lyrics within the first verse exhibiting a deeper look into the unending partying cycle that appears to happen in two week chunks. First, there are two weeks of occasion, then two weeks of resting, then two weeks of attempting (to not occasion?), then again to 2 weeks of partying once more. The refrain feels defiant, with the hook “Stand up Gloria” evoking religious imagery mixed with the echoed and delayed vocals. The guitar riff that pushes by way of the vocals is unexpectedly shifting, affective and giving off 2000s rock vibes akin to early Foo Fighters, exhibiting clear affect from the music the duo grew up on. The bridge pares again sonically with synth-like guitar patterns that rumble within the background, constructing depth earlier than fully exploding right into a cathartic launch of vitality for the final refrain.
By the top of the tune, it’s not fully clear whether or not the cycle ends or repeats itself once more. tibia says, at its core, the tune is about “a life-style the place you retain making errors but in addition form of cope with them. A very late evening may also be seen as a rise-and-grind form of morning for those who simply hold going, you recognize. We each have a tendency to comb by way of intervals that may appear a bit tough from the surface, however one man’s trash is one other man’s heaven.”
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