Each week, we’ll be posting a brand new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Regular guitarist is visually documenting folks, locations and occasions from his band’s 42-year run, with textual content by vocalist Jean Smith.
“Respiration In The Darkish” retains asking who’s behind you as you journey alone in the dead of night. Who’s there? With you.
David’s beautiful rendering of musicians taking part in collectively provides one thing of a solution. The life-affirming collaborations that multi-instrumental music requires from people is a superb analogy for extra cerebral frameworks that exist, however typically can’t be seen or heard. In our solitude, we have to do not forget that we’re not alone underneath the load of a lot sorrow, anger and frustration.
As a result of we all know each David and Mecca Regular’s political bent, we will arrive at connections between the picture and the track. Should you care to think about a Venn diagram, I’m attempting to get at what’s within the overlap.
Each stand alone, with sufficient express nuance to catch the attention and ear of those that could be searching for allies, which could not even be the artists’ goal. You by no means know what influence your work could have once you ship it out into the world.
“Respiration In The Darkish” from The Eagle And The Poodle (Matador, 1996) (obtain):
