Seattle based band, Acceptance, wrote this tune after reuniting from a 10 year hiatus a few years ago, putting their feelings of individual and collective growth within a song. I am grateful for its release and the inspiration it gives to be better humans, to recognize that we need connection and that we must work together.
From the first note, ‘Cold Air’ feels like awaking to a hazy state of confusion and clarity. The line “Can you see the end of this, it’s closing in” followed by anthemic shouts of “We don’t belong here…We can’t survive here” hits particularly hard in the current wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, embodying the mixture of hopefulness and fear being felt around the world. The tune also serves as a pleading call to the current division the world is facing due to systemic racism within the lines, ‘Don’t it feel like the frontlines…Wait for a time when I’m listening.’ The world is in chaos. We are all worried. We are all fighting. It is time to worry and fight as one, a united front, ensuring everyone is heard and everyone belongs.
Please give this one a listen folks. Following this single, Acceptance plans to release their new EP, Wild, July 24, 2020. Mark your calendars, I’ve got a good feeling about this one.