I haven't been writing or doing anything exciting with my summer and I'm sorry for that. Between getting a new job, summer classes, and transferring to a university now I've had very minimal time to do what I actually enjoy. However, I decided with a week left before my classes start for the fall semester that I am going to blog about something. Now, I just said I haven't really been doing anything new and it is true. I've been playing League of Legends and the Sims 3 in my spare time so the only thing I could think to blog about was some of the music I've been listening to.
The Civil Wars is a newish duet. The two lead singers are, of course, a man and woman combo and their names are John Paul White and Joy Williams. The first time I ever heard of these guys was when they did a song with Taylor Swift for The Hunger Games. The name of the song was Safe and Sound. I never really liked country, but the lyrics to this song were so beautiful and I do believe that Joy Williams has the voice of an angel. I got hooked on that song. Not long after hearing Safe and Sound, I heard an original song by The Civil Wars which was also used in The Hunger Games called Kingdom Come. This song was yet another favorite of mine and I blared it constantly. I had never heard country music done this way. All of their music spoke to me because it took love and it made it truer, stronger, and more morbid than I had ever seen people do when they write music. Another thing that probably hooked me into their music is that Williams and White sing so beautifully together and they both show so much emotion in their songs that you really can believe they are singing from the heart. I had never heard any other duet sing songs that made you feel their pain and feel what they were feeling so vividly.
In my obsession, I bought both of The Civil Wars CDs. Barton Hollow and their newest release which is self-titled The Civil Wars. Both CDs are amazing in their own ways. I cannot decide which CD I like more because they make you feel differently. Their self-titled album (which just released on August 6th this year) focuses on the sadder parts of love and how you can't always choose who you fall in love with. It is a wonderful CD and sadly, their last for a while. It seems there was a squabble between the duet like there usually is with duets, but no real details have been given for the band going on a hiatus for an indefinite time I fear. Williams hopes the band will move on and go back to recording music soon, but I think this might be it for the band and it depresses me so. However, I will leave you with a music video from their new album. I watch it constantly.
The Civil Wars-The One That Got Away
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