‘Run Wild’ by Postdata | New Album, ‘Run Wild’
Exclusive track premiere of ‘Run Wild’ by Postdata, taken from the upcoming album, ‘Run Wild,’ out September 22th via Paper Bag Records.
Murphy’s latest and third single off of the album is the cheerful title track, ‘Run Wild,’ which follows the arrival of ‘Mine The Sea’ and ‘Try’. The buoyant and hopeful acoustic pop melodies of ‘Run Wild’ tells the story of Murphy learning how to live for himself and explore personal freedoms beyond pleasing others. “No one gets to pull that crown off of your head, It was never meant for anyone but you to wear, so let your dreams run wild,” Murphy advises us.
Discussing the track, Murphy says: “I’m someone who really tries to help and please people around me as much as I can. I think there’s a lot to be learned from that. And it’s just important. But if it becomes this default position it can come at a cost… maybe there’s space to not be that person all the time… maybe its okay to sometimes allow yourself the freedom to make space for yourself and live in that. I think Behind You from the last record sort of starts the thought and this expands on it somewhat…”
he journey of Run Wild culminates in the swelling, sublime acoustic closer “Raven.” Lyrically, the track paces into the more haunted paths found within that same garden of self discovery, twisting in the twilight, subsiding ultimately into the “black raven eyes” of darkness, grief, and self-doubt, which threaten to extinguish everything once and for all. But with all that has come before it, the warmth and beauty of the music swelling up and wrapping around its narrative, you get a sense that this sort of struggle and torment is an integral process. That there’s so much beauty and grace to be found in facing the abyss and moving through it. That there’s reason to.
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