SLAVES TO GRAVITY- In the Meantime

SLAVES TO GRAVITY are a four-piece London based band formed in mid-2006 by Tommy Glesson (Lead Vocals and Guitar), Toshi Ogawa (Bass and Backing Vocals), Jason Thomopoulos (Drums/Percussion) and Mark Verney (Lead Guitars and Backing Vocals). This track has got all the necessary ingredients of becoming a catchy number- a striking intro, good guitar chords and solos, supporting bass lines, passionate vocals and a good chorus. The chorus is the most impressive aspect of this song though simple. The production is also remarkable (actually even more remarkable considering the fact that the band themselves produced this track). The sound is very well balanced and not even a single instrument overshadows the other.

It is not really an extraordinary track on the whole, music-making wise, as you might have come across many bands taking the same pattern in the past. However, I don’t want to take the credit away from a band that seems to be talented in what they are doing and are good song-writers. There obviously must be something special about someone who could write thought-provoking lyrics such as “Choke up the roses grown for the grave. Dam to the river shore to the wave” and the second chorus is very imaginative-“In the meantime, on the front line... got my ray gun and you got your land mines”.

This song on the whole makes me wonder whether it is really about politics, particularly the stand taken by the government on sensitive issues and the common public with a reasoning mind, questioning their motives? Perhaps it could be about those who are controlled by the always-cynical government and the so called “Men in Power”. The last lines before the final chorus perhaps echoes those feelings I have got about this song. I could be wrong but then lines such as “You don’t see me but I’ve got eyes on you. You don’t own me but I’ve got rights on you” seems to peel the hidden layers that exist in the first half of the song. Anyway, this is a fine approach by the band as it doesn’t directly make a bold statement but would instead leave an interested listener trying to decipher the contents of the song. So, that is indeed a welcome sign for a band like Slaves to Gravity.