Restorations - "Separate Songs" (official video) video free download

Dronesification

Somehow stumbled across this. So glad I did...

Terry Monse

Saw Restorations few yrs back in Providence R.I.....i was blown away one of my favorites although it is hard to find recorded stuff hats not on vinyl...anyone help out there in seeking there music

Jon Högman

This video is everything

Song of the Day

Philadelphia quintet Restorations music filters indie rock and punk influences through a straightforward rock & roll sound to create hard-charging anthems rooted in skillful songwriting. Today's Song of the Day, one of the standout tracks from their most recent album LP3, “Separate Songs” concentrates all of the band's musical dexterity into a compelling three-and-a-half minute blast of unyielding rock.

Edward Pignataro IV

The videos done real well.

LAMF1976

Anyone with a soul will relate to this video.

William McCoy

TL;DR : Sad, melancholy song about when you go through something hard but can't express it openly and are caught within the hollow shell of dictated propensity when you'd rather live free and rage at your turmoil.There's so much to this song and video both that it's hard to describe in one coherent thought. Without even taking the lyrics into consideration the video speaks volumes. We see a young man, age range bordering on the end of entering into adulthood, alone in this grandiose house surrounded by myriad baubles and knick-nacks that serve no purpose but to exemplify wealth and stature as well as participating in actions that require more than one person to truly enact said action (e.g. playing tennis, shuffle board etc.). The one that hits me hardest is the series of shots of the game closet with all those family board games and then we see the man playing, reserved and quiet in the corner with an Etch-a-Sketch. There is such a longing and loneliness to all the subtle activities and movements that the man does that are so poignantly juxtaposed to the violent, brash movements of the band members in the background/foreground as they and the man tend to switch positions form time to time. The band and the man seem to be one and the same, just different expressions of one mind dealing with some unspoken catastrophe/emotional turmoil, the man being the calm, cool surface that is required of such a glamorous, urbane setting that is shown in the video while the band represents the unmitigated rage and angst that the man must feel at this time, at the indiscriminate event, at someone else, at himself, at all of these things and more. The lyrics continue to express this with very simplistic phrases that once again evoke a sense of deep contemplation in random moments in time such as"Nine arms-length airport arrival snapshotsYou said you worry about me leavingI fear I’m already goneFlat tire in the rainOn a late last-call trainYou said you’re sympathetic to some mumbled movement"which seems to be hinting at a problematic situation between two parties that is now being contemplated in retrospect by the man (who was part of said situation; overall this seems like a song about remembering a hard relationship of hollowness that was fought only on one side and the miasma of emotions the side that fought [i.e. the man] now feels in the future after everything is said and done) and how in very bleak, non-descriptive moments memories will come rushing back to the man unannounced when he least expects them, such as when one has to change a flat tire in the rain or narrowly boarding a last minute train to a far-off land that you have no idea about what is in store for you. The strongest lyric is obviously the loudest "Imagine that focus in real life", maybe commenting on how so much time and effort went into creating the lavish house and all that resided in it, but functionally (and in my opinion objectively) serves no purpose but for show and status (also perhaps commenting on the possibility again of a relationship gone bad where one side focused too heavily on appearances and thus forget to give the realtionship substance) when all that power, passion and devotion could've been applied to TRULY living, sitting down and REALLY talking with the ones you love, "imagine going outside to hear the sweet sound of separate songs" that crash and discord against each other, but make everything that much more beautiful and intrinsic in life. But, ultimately, we are left with the somber line"The neon “next stop” light blinks “maybe next year”"suggesting that the man is caught in this torture and can't escape for now and must thus endure the pain and hardship he finds himself in, that the light at the end of his tunnel has turned out to be nothing more than false hope and so he must remain in his magnificent, hollow shell of the "good life".Then again, that's just what I think.

Kelly Hurley

This is the house from the movie Juno

LetsFightingLove

0:58Gold at the Olympics in diving with a perfect 10.

SlamifiedBuddafied

Friend told me of this.Not to bad.Reminds me of an idle Tuesday for some reason or another.You know? One of those days something comes along and blindsides you and forces one to question factors of life; while within the questions one answers the various riddles skewed across the barren floor.

cloudcollector

I love this video/song so much it's ridiculous. One of my top 5 videos this year for sure. For some reason I wish the scene with the band playing on the tennis court had been longer. The setting would've been perfect for a proper full band scene.

miguel taveira

Energetic...

mikeyb1717

Incredible

Ryan Gooslinger

Fucking awesome. That is all.

lifexlovexlivin

i love the restrain yet screaming notes & blurting chords... holding in then thrusting with everything they got. subtle yet heavy at the same time. good clean tone, love it.

Dave Cohoe

I can't get enough of that howling feedback in this beast. 

Jesus H. Fock

what an amazing band! I heart them so much!

Mike DeMarco

I'm so proud of you guys. Making it happen.

Thomas Rotter

Thank you for making music that my heart sings to

quarterpicksnstuff

Heck yeah!

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