Music Review // Casey Moon "distance"

 

Casey Moon creates this mellow mood on "distance" which feels like a cross between chillwave and some sort of gaze.  There are electronics which make me think of PM Dawn, but it comes in with beats as well.   Though it feels like something from the 1990's musically, the vocals come through a bit distorted with what sounds like autotune to form a unique sound there as well.  

Right away this song asks "how long's the distance between you and me" and it feels like the way the lyrics go are about distance in the sense of how some people say there can't be enough distance between them.  And it's weird to say, but there are situations where distance between two people isn't judged by miles because you could feel so distant from someone who is in the same room as you.

In that way, this song feels more like it could be about growing apart and I think that is just something that happens over time.  There is also the line "I swear there's just nothing good on tv", which is relevant to the song in context but overall I think it stands on its own.  I always find myself watching older television shows because the new ones either just aren't as good or they get one season and then are canceled.  

There is a definite sense of verse and chorus in this song, where it can kind of go up and then dip back down like a wave, but at the same time it very much just feels like a journey from Point A to Point B, from start to finish.   I really enjoy this overall sound, which might border on bedroom pop, and the message behind it is to be thought about a lot as well.