Music to drink tea by
Remy Zero – ‘Til the End
It seems odd to be writing about Remy Zero. The first time I ever heard of them was all the way back in 2002 when they were announced as the support for Weezer on their current tour. The Southampton leg of the tour (which I was at) was certainly interesting. I hardly knew any Remy Zero songs aside a few I’d found online and was largely indifferent toward, and wasn’t familiar with Smallville either, the show that used their song Save Me as it’s theme. As such, their set fell a little flat with me. Which was nothing compared to the way the rest of the crowd reacted. The crowd spent most of the time ignoring the band, barely even registering them between songs. Eventually the set came to a close with the lead singer seemingly storming off of the stage in the middle of a song. I have no idea if this was the case or just how their sets usually conclude, but given they were the first band I was ever seeing live.
After that I explored the band a bit more, liked a few songs, and disliked plenty more. Then I stopped giving them any thought whatsoever. So I was slightly surprised to get sent a press release for a band I hadn’t heard anything about in at least seven years. It seems that the band’s drummer passed away earlier in the year, and this spurred them into reforming to play a few shows and put out some new material. ‘Til the End is the first of these songs, and sounds like something that could have easily come off of their 2001 album The Golden Hum. It’s also really good, and a very impressive effort for a band that’s been apart for the best part of a decade.
