Photo credit Kyle Michael Kostenko
So much of the raw emotional power that goes into the early stages of what we know as romantic human attachment is the level of intensity we experience. When we get together with someone else (or desire to), that feeling doesn’t naturally occur like a stray wave gently lapping along the shoreline. That might apply to those casually skimming the surface of the available dating pool perhaps, but when we find that other soul that clicks in and makes our little inner spark turn into a bright flowing flame… well, that hits with a high no drink or drug could ever emulate.
There’s a certain type of wild abandon to those initial days, buoyed by the sort of serotonin hit that seems to make the seas part, the birds sing, and every song about you. So when you flip on those songs that seem ready-made just for your situation, be sure to make a spot on your playlist for Connecticut-based band Internet Tears and their new single entitled “I Want You”. Helmed by enigmatic frontman Daniel Louis, the group’s fuel-injected pop sensibility and sense of groove for the moment brings to mind groups like X Ambassadors, Bleachers, and Fun.
Photo courtesy of Internet Tears
Fun is certainly the operative word with Internet Tears, as “I Want You” has that buoyantly exuberant approach to the idea of finding that new crush or connection that keeps you up all night well into the next morning. In the band’s accompanying music video for the new single, that feeling is heightened as it features the group playing the track live at New York City’s famed venue The Bowery Electric. In my mind, seeing Internet Tears playing “I Want You” live for the tone of the music video is a perfect approach to the mood as something about the intensity of early romantic connection truly mimics that rockin’ out in the club vibe, whether you’re on the stage or out there dancing in the first row.
The bright flashing lights, the flow of the energy playing out all night long, the lyrics that feel both instinctual and intuitive… “I Want You” succeeds on the back of adrenaline, sweat, and the sensation of being so hormonally high that you might never come back down to Earth again. Or might never want to. That’s the beauty of intensity, both on the dance floor and in finding that other human being in this world that makes you think… “I Want You”.
Check out the music video for Internet Tears and “I Want You” below, and find out more about the group over on internettears.com!
Photo courtesy of Daniel Louis
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