R. Ring
Steam video
As much as I love Cutter and $100 Heat, Steam is where Mike
Montgomery, the other half of R. Ring, shines. Between Lori Goldston’s understated, wonderful
cello playing and Kelley Deal’s background vocals, it’s sad, beautiful, hushed,
and great. In the April 4, 2017 interview for Glide magazine, Mike had this to
say about the song: “Steam is
one of the first songs Kelley and I started playing together. She used to
accompany my guitar and singing on keys. One night on a tour, her keyboard
broke as we went to start the song and she ended up just singing her melody
through some guitar pedals to get us through it. We’ve done it that way ever
since. With the addition of Lori Goldston’s cello on this album version it’s
really a nice setting for the narrative: subjects trapped in time ignoring the
looming futility of stubborn adherence to an ideal. Chris Glass’ captivating slow motion video
captures the mood perfectly.”
The song also could be about a friend consoling another friend
about his/her wife leaving and going home to Germany. The video captures the
loneliness of being in a crowd, at a very impersonal train station, and fits
the song perfectly. Watch it here:
Andrea Weiss
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