Tired Radio – “Your Great Escape” (Video Premiere)

Tired Radio
Adam Grundy

Today I’m so stoked to bring everyone the latest music video from Tired Radio, an ultra-cool punk rock band from Brooklyn, New York, called “Your Great Escape.” In this great-sounding single, Tired Radio sound anything but tired in this urgent song. Tired Radio shared, “‘Your Great Escape’ is about the impulse to run when shit gets hard—and how that ‘escape’ always catches up with you in the end. It’s a sharp, angry reflection on distance, denial, and the wreckage we leave behind.” If you’re enjoying the early watch, please consider pre-ordering the single and more here.

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My Life In 35 Songs, Track 13: “Someone Like You” by SafetySuit

My Life in 35 Songs
Craig Manning

Can you see me, holding you right in my arms?

Fast cars, loud music, and summertime: These are a few of my favorite things.

I have long been obsessed with the way a windows-down summer car ride can turn a song transcendent. Hearing the right song when you’re cruising down the road without a care in the world? In my opinion, there’s not much in the world that can make you feel more boundless. It’s something about the volume of the music in the car, the way it surrounds you, the reverberations you can feel coursing through the seats, the armrests, the steering wheel, your entire body. It’s something about the wind in your hair, and the sunshine, and the way the summer air smells. It’s definitely something about the freedom summertime brings, especially when you’re young, and especially when you’ve got wheels. Combine all these things with the right song, and it will sound as good as anything you have ever heard.

That’s what I learned at the outset of summer 2008, the first time I listened to the SafetySuit album Life Left to Go in the car. I’d gotten my driver’s license the previous summer, but this would be my first summer with my own car, and it wasn’t lost on me what that meant. That old cliché about wheels giving you wings might be overused, but it’s also accurate, because having a car unlocks so much when you’re a teenager. I didn’t know what the summer was going to bring, but I’d already made up my mind that I was going to make it count, and the freedom of having my own means of transportation was absolutely at the center of that pledge. All I needed was the right song to consecrate my vow. Enter SafetySuit.

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