Kickoff your early 2021 with some soulful music as Radiator King shares their live in the studio performance video for their song “Haunts Me Now.” The track comes from their recently released album Unborn Ghosts! The brainchild of New York-via-Boston troubadour Adam Silvestri, Radiator King has shared bills with Jesse Malin, Pile and L.A. Witch, and has been covered by Paste, PopMatters, and Brooklyn Vegan, who compared the band to The Gaslight Anthem. We love this folksy, somber feel of just Adam’s voice and guitar, along with piano and cello. Check out the video now!
Silvestri comments:
“When you’re on tour, you collect so many recommendations from the people you meet—Moby Dick, Kierkegaard’s Fear & Trembling,” Silvestri says. “As a songwriter, you’re an investigator, and you’re trying to figure out any sort of clue that’s gonna lead you in some new direction. So I would read all these books and just free write—turn off my intellect, get logic out of the way, let my subconscious flow and just see where it went. And then the next day, I’d revisit what I’d written and start to collect lines that stood out. Eventually, I’d notice little threads developing, parts that fit together, and maybe by the end of the week I’d have a new song. I like to think the song is already out there somewhere, you just have to uncover it like an archaeologist. You’re digging and, all of a sudden, there it is. You have to have faith in that process. If you don’t, you’ll never have the patience to stumble on what you’re trying to say.”
Lyrics:
Over there was the punch that you gave
That left me black and blue for days
But I’m as swift as a boxer now
I’ll take any man here on
There’s the lamppost where we carved our names
Swapped blood with the kid across the way
I heard he fell numb to the gleaming
light of the darkest kind
And this place it haunts me now
And this place it haunts me now
And this place it haunts me now, oh Lord
Torn soul, night cold, lost runaway
Oh how I walked and walked for days
Left my heart piece by piece to the thieves along the road
Mississippi Dust gave me a name
I never wanted your help anyways
Someday you’ll see my face on the television screen
And this name it haunts me now
And this name it haunts me now
And this name it haunts me now, oh Lord
My old friend what else can I say
I really wish there was a better way
I fear that the ships have sailed
And I’ve been left here to wait
Said goodbye out in the pouring rain
Dragged along a suitcase that wore Pa’s name
I keep trying to turn the page
But oh how the ink bleeds
And this face it haunts me now
And this face it haunts me now
And this face it haunts me now, oh Lord
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