Each week, we’ll be posting a brand new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Regular guitarist is visually documenting individuals, locations and occasions from his band’s 42-year run, with textual content by vocalist Jean Smith.
“Respiratory In The Darkish” retains asking who’s behind you as you journey alone at midnight. Who’s there? With you.
David’s attractive rendering of musicians taking part in collectively gives one thing of a solution. The life-affirming collaborations that multi-instrumental music requires from people is a wonderful 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 aren’t alone beneath the burden 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. In case you care to think about a Venn diagram, I’m attempting to get at what’s within the overlap.
Each stand alone, with sufficient specific nuance to catch the attention and ear of those that may be on the lookout for allies, which could not even be the artists’ goal. You by no means know what impression your work can have while you ship it out into the world.
“Respiratory In The Darkish” from The Eagle And The Poodle (Matador, 1996) (obtain):
