Story by Henry
Between
finishing university and starting full time work, I had a glorious 10 week
period that involved working night shifts at a pokies venue, heading to Falls
Festival and generally doing nothing.
I had just moved into a place with two really good mates from
university. We had no furniture,
milk crates for sitting on and a record player.
While there
was a stack of pretty sweet old school jazz and hip hop records laying around,
all we listened to was Kings of Leon (and America, the best of - probably the
greatest 'greatest hits' album of all time). Knocked Up, the first track on Because of the Times, has
nothing on the majority of songs from Aha Shake Heartbreak but I must have
heard it about 300 times over that 10 week period. The spooky opening beat and the never ending guitar riff
that monotonously drones in the background immediately brings to mind some of my
best memories - laying on the floor, December heat dripping from the ceiling,
and my friends and I waiting excitingly for the rest of our lives to arrive.
Artwork by Karin
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