I was contemplating the meaning of this and so I looked for other's opinions. Here's Pitchfork's take anyways.
First off, they generalize this whole album: "Bloom has a definite thematic fascination with idle youth and the bittersweet residue that remains once it's gone." Then they go onto talk about this track specifically... "Toward the end comes a mid-tempo, quietly spectacular song called "Wishes", on which Legrand sings about "the moment when a memory aches." It might be tempting to call that feeling nostalgia. But the sort of nostalgia Bloom employs feels so distant from the definition that word has taken on lately when we talk about music. What they do feels not just wonderfully self-contained but improbably intimate: It's a huge testament to Legrand and Scally that, although they're one of the most popular bands in the indiesphere at the moment, their music still has the hushed air of an overheard secret."
@zackmorgs it's a similar reaction I get when I listen to The War on Drugs. Vaguely familiar, like a Don Henley song or some Similar song playing in my dad's car radio when I was a kid in the 80's. Intimate nostalgia.
@zackmorgs it's a similar reaction I get when I listen to The War on Drugs. Vaguely familiar, like a Don Henley song or some Similar song playing in my dad's car radio when I was a kid in the 80's. Intimate nostalgia.
I was contemplating the meaning of this and so I looked for other's opinions. Here's Pitchfork's take anyways.
First off, they generalize this whole album: "Bloom has a definite thematic fascination with idle youth and the bittersweet residue that remains once it's gone." Then they go onto talk about this track specifically... "Toward the end comes a mid-tempo, quietly spectacular song called "Wishes", on which Legrand sings about "the moment when a memory aches." It might be tempting to call that feeling nostalgia. But the sort of nostalgia Bloom employs feels so distant from the definition that word has taken on lately when we talk about music. What they do feels not just wonderfully self-contained but improbably intimate: It's a huge testament to Legrand and Scally that, although they're one of the most popular bands in the indiesphere at the moment, their music still has the hushed air of an overheard secret."
@zackmorgs it's a similar reaction I get when I listen to The War on Drugs. Vaguely familiar, like a Don Henley song or some Similar song playing in my dad's car radio when I was a kid in the 80's. Intimate nostalgia.
@zackmorgs it's a similar reaction I get when I listen to The War on Drugs. Vaguely familiar, like a Don Henley song or some Similar song playing in my dad's car radio when I was a kid in the 80's. Intimate nostalgia.