Music Review // Wine Lips "Derailer"

The sound of Wine Lips is that fast paced rock n roll that has been missing from the mainstream for far too long.   "Derailer" is the type of song that you could hear on the radio and like that it stands out from everything else on the rock station as it's just on that edge of being punk.   It's different than hearing what modern rock radio considers punk, as this feels louder and more in your face.  At times, this song can really remind me of a band such as The Hives.

While this is a good song to put on and feel like you can do anything in a short period of time because the pace just moves you to go faster as well, the lyrics of the song seem to tell a different story.   The chorus says "Slow it down I'm about to derailer" while there is also a line "Got your candle burning at both ends".  I think this is about how sometimes we just take on more than we can handle so we need to step back and take a breath.

Further into the song we get the lyrics "Try hard not to spend / Keep up with social trends / So tired so stressed / This world is such a mess"  I definitely feel like the world is a mess but that doesn't mean we have to be a mess too.   And keeping up with trends and social media is such a challenge because I always think if I dedicated the time I spend on social media to something more constructive I couldn't written a book or learned another language by now.

"Derailer" has a way of grabbing and pulling you in.   If you heard this on the radio you would definitely want to know who was singing it and go listen to more of their songs and this song over and over as well.   But bands just aren't like Wine Lips any more and that's not good for music on the whole but it is good for Wine Lips because we can appreciate them more.   This music video is also a lesson in espionage not to be missed.