Furthering My Distance

Cuco “Lover Is A Day” (Audiotree Session Version)

Cuco’s original recording of “Lover Is A Day” has a nice, chillwave-y vibe, but the arrangement didn’t quite do justice to the song’s elegant and melancholy lead melody. This version, recorded live for the Audiotree series, has a significantly better arrangement if just by virtue of having a live drummer. Whereas the original version felt a bit flat and static, the drums here gives the song more contour and drama. And really, with this song, the more drama the better – this is a very young sort of breakup song, and its strength lies in how much it dwells in this theatrical sadness and neurotic hand-wringing. Like, this is a song in which the singer feels so broken by this relationship falling apart that he flashes back to simpler times, like when he was 6 years old and watching Star Wars movies. It’s adorable and sweet, but also fundamentally silly.

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