“My Boy (Twin Fantasy),” Car Seat HeadrestĬar Seat Headrest is known for its long songs - some tracks range up to 13 minutes in length - as well as its complicated lyrics and powerful rock instrumentals. “Never Be Mine” is a perfect ode to feelings that just won’t let up. The love that Olsen describes feels completely saccharine speaking directly to her romantic interest, she sings, “Coming from an endless place/ Heaven hits me when I see your face/ I go blind, every time.” This makes the progression of the song all the more emotional –– although Olsen realizes that her feelings aren’t reciprocated, she continues to yearn hopelessly. Angel Olsen proves this on “Never Be Mine,” a track that tells a story of a one-sided romance. Later, atop powerful guitar riffs, she pleads, “I hope whoever it is/ Holds their breath around you/ ‘Cause I know I did.” In other words, she says, “If I can’t have you, I hope the person who can loves you as much as I do.” It hurts, but that’s love.Įven when love is hopeless, it can still be beautiful.
As Jordan softly sings, “Heat wave, nothing to do/ Woke up in my clothes having dreamt of you,” she perfectly channels the dreamy, all-consuming feeling of having a summertime crush. Her single “Heat Wave” is the epitome of this. Lindsey Jordan, better known by her stage name Snail Mail, is an expert in capturing the beauty and sadness of unrequited teenage love. This year, celebrate Valentine’s Day by listening to songs that capture the complicated and contradictory parts of love. Whether that crush is reciprocated or not, it evokes the same emotions: devotion, affection, intense joy and unexpected pain. Nevertheless, we all remember the enchanting (and sometimes painful) feelings that come with having a crush. Social distancing restrictions have made it difficult to connect with people at all, much less fall in love, and many understandably feel jaded about romance this year.
Love is as complicated as ever this Valentine’s Day.