The Edge of Hell//John Crodian

While The Edge of Hell was released in 2012, and it doesn't look like John Crodian has put out any music since, I liked it so much I couldn't not put something on here about it.

Almost all the songs are acoustic, and the majority of the time it's only the guitar supporting the voice. But there are a few punk/rock songs (Neapolitan, Launchpad) where the guitar and bass are electric, and are accompanied by the drums. 

 What I really enjoy, what made me want to write this review, was the lyrics. They are the perfect suburban anthems for the college kid coming back home for break or the typical high school student. Here are a few of my favorite:

Great Jazz at an Affordable Price 

When you ascend to higher plains of existence
Will you come visit me at state in the fall?  

(this works so well in my mind because everybody seems to go to our state college (or other small colleges in the state) and very few seem to actually get out of the suburbs, and so the line of "when you ascend to higher plains of existence" is so idyllic to me because, in a way, that's my long term goal)

We Won't be the Youth of Today Tomorrow 

Will you cry "youth is just a footnote, besides I swear I held my breath
And crossed my fingers in the corner while you all screamed 'true til death'"
But you'll remember how those words hit in the hardest ways, 

(I think when we have a sucky adolescence we all want to believe that its not that important, but I think that it is important because these are some of the only years of our lives (at least until we retire) where we have a surplus of time to reflect on stuff, and so maybe youth isn't just a footnote like we all want to believe when it sucks)(the final line of this is so perfectly worded though because that's what words do they hit you and make you feel immobilized and awful)

See, we could have been in New York in '88, but where would that put us now?
40 something in a nowhere town  

(Lines like this make me feel all heck yeah but then at the same time I'm like, what so whats going to keep me from being 40 something in a nowhere town after New York in 2017?)

The End of Rock Piano

And I'm ashamed of the effort I put in
To look like every other dope in this coffee shop  

(This is just so true it hurts a little)

Launchpad

I'm gonna need a launch pad to get closer to you

(Sometimes people just seem so amazing yet so far away (mentally))

 This was different that what I normally do but really cathartic to write so I hope it was somewhat okay for you,

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