“All My People (Elsewhere Version)” by Dan Mangan

Dan Mangan may have released his latest album Being Somewhere a little over a year ago, but he’s not done with it yet.

Over the last few months, he’s been releasing reimagined songs from the album, and the latest is the “Elsewhere Version” of “All My People”. The new rendition turns the song into a dreamy, hypnotic, acoustic-guitar driven tune, which highlights the songs already melancholic feel.

Dan says of the song, “I didn’t start with any particular plan. I just started deconstructing the song and exploring where else it might like to be constructed. I wrote this song in the depths of lockdown, wandering around my home, annoying my kids,” he continues. “It took forever to get the chords right. The lyrics right. I wrote several different choruses and bridges. Before it was even a real thing, it had lived several lives. My 40th birthday was looming in the distance. I pictured a party. This same home, full of people laughing. I pictured a huge pileup of shoes by the front door. Coats laid on the bed. It was one weird dream away.”

Check out the lyric video below, and make sure you’re at the Vogue on December 9th to see Dan live!

Kirk

“I Give Up” by The Royal Foundry

This one skipped by me, but the title is appropriate for the week I’m having right now (waiting for BCAA to come jump start my car).

That said “I Give Up” by The Royal Foundry was inspired by the house fire that left the duo without a home! Of it Jared says it “is about giving into the harsh reality of life so that you can become the best version possible of yourself. To stop fighting the inevitable desires to be something/someone else and to give in to your natural draw to be yourself.”

Taking this inspiration with my the rest of my day.

Christine