Old Fashioned Romancing

Stricken City - “Killing Time” Rebekah Raa sets up romantic ideas and then knocks them down as she attempts to reconcile the difference between idealized, dramatic love and the relationship she knows in real life. It’s not that she’s totally disappointed by her experience — it’s pretty clear that she appreciates moments of genuine, spontaneous connection — but it certainly seems that she is concerned that she and her partner are not invested enough in what they have and are simply killing time together. The sound of the song is appropriate to the subject matter: Relaxed and comfortable, but with a creeping restlessness and agitation that is never resolved.

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- Matthew Perpetua