CMON CMON ‘The Crack and The Light’

Good music rarely needs a description. Once it hits your ears, you’d know that it had something special. The Crack and The Light is a game changer for CMON CMON, not that their previous self-released EP wasn’t. The album has won many hearts in the industry, including Grammy-award winning producers, labels and industry veteran managers. The Crack and The Light is addictive, but essentially, it goes back to the bitter and sweet in life.

All stories in the record are based on real life people and events. CMON CMON takes the aesthetic of art to its origin. Inspired by life and written about life, the songs are always in conversation of “the crack” and “the light.”

“The Summers We Missed” introduces listeners to an euphoric, early-Lemonheads lusciousness and jangly soundscapes. A laid-back vibe in reflection and nostalgia of first love. There was a real party, a real pool and a real girl called Julie in the summer of 1995. Two teenagers who were close but were never together. The thoughts of what could have been are intertwined with youth and the natural progression of things. Melancholia underneath the sweet, wonderful feeling of love.

CMON CMON covers manny themes in this record. Some bear a bleak and dark undertone, but they always make something out of it and lift you up. The resilience and hope is what you comes back for, but all the dark and twisted, is what makes you feel less alone.