Funeral Advantage - "CEOT7K"
We were pretty big fans of Funeral Advantage's 2015 release Body Is Dead , and judging by the first single of their upcoming album, Please Help Me , this is an early candidate for album of the year. "CEOT7K" isn't a huge departure from The Smiths meets The Stratford 4 dream pop sound of Body Is Dead. In fact, it's not a departure at all, but instead a giant leap forward. "CEOT7K" is gorgeously lush. I have always had a connection to music that sounds light and pretty but is actually sad and dark. Please Help Me comes from a much darker place than Body Is Dead . Allow me to quote Funeral Advantage's Bandcamp page for the album: If 'Body Is Dead' came from a place of hope, 'Please Help Me' comes from a place of desolation and confusion. Written during the disintegration of a long term relationship, the record works through the existential feelings of hopelessness and meaninglessness that followed. Please Help Me will be availabl...