Song For The Painfully Indie

I've decided to add a new aspect to my blog, Rock Transmissions. Rather than limiting myself to only addressing news in music, I'll also be writing about songs that I'm listening to at the moment whether they're new or decades old.

I'm not going to lie - I spend way too much time watching videos on YouTube. It was about a month ago that I discovered the British YouTuber, Alex Day, who goes by "Nerimon" on the Internet. Not only does he make videos, but he's also a musical artist. It was through him that I found Tom Milsom, a musician living in London who's a friend of Alex Day. I clicked on one of Tom's videos and, in the suggestion bar, was the music video for his song, "Song For The Painfully Indie." Intrigued, I clicked on it and instantly became addicted to this song from the Painfully Mainstream album of 2009.

With a catchy tune and impressive lyrics, "Song For the Painfully Indie" is impossible not to enjoy. In the song, Tom speaks of how there's a girl that had caught his eye, and I would assume they're in a club since he says that he sees her on the dancefloor. He's not sure how to approach her. What should he say? What drink should he buy her? Does his hair look alright? He questions whether or not he actually wants to talk to her at all in case they have nothing in common. "And I don't want to talk to her or take her by the hand / In case she tells me her favorite band is not my favorite band," Tom sings in his pleasant and unique voice. Since he can't muster up the courage to speak to this girl, she leaves without even knowing that he exists.

I loved how awkward Tom was describing himself to be in the song. He obviously doesn't take himself too seriously and is able to make fun of the fact that he's shy and bumbling. I really liked that about the song. I also really enjoyed how he told a story in the song. Rather than just singing about how he's an awkward person with no clue how to deal with women, she tell a story in first-person as though it's actually going on.

The song ends with Tom Milsom giving up on getting the girl and moving on. I found it humorous that he was so infatuated with this woman at one moment, but he kind of forgets about her the second she drives away in a taxi.

Overall, I think this song is absolutely wonderful and enjoyable. I've been listening to it a lot lately and I know that I will still be listening to it on repeat for much longer.

Here's the music video for Tom Milsom's "Song For The Painfully Indie."