Alex McArtor - Speed Into Air
With crackling guitars and dark stormy atmosphere, Texan artist Alex McArtor's new single "Speed Into Air" leaves quite an impression. The powerful sound meets its equal in the lyrics, talking of being honest with yourself about a partner who's not treating you right and realising you should leave them.
McArtor wrote of the track: "I think it's easy to get caught up in the excitement & newness of a relationship. It's passionate and dramatic like the movies we watch and fantasize over. It's very easy to get blinded by attraction and what we want to believe is 'love', so much so that we don't realize the manipulation and codependency that we are under. But I believe that in most cases we know deep down inside when we are not being treated well. We know when we aren't being valued, but we don't care and we bury it deep inside, because in some shape or form, we've fallen so head over heels for the person that we are willing to endure the emotional stress and hurt that they give us. I wrote 'Speed Into Air' because I needed a 'he's only calling you cuz he's drunk and you're a badass, so f that guy' type of song. And that's what I wrote. I hope it helps someone out there the way it helped me. Life's too short to hold on to people with bad intentions."
Last week she spoke about the track and her plans in a great interview with Vents Magazine, revealing the song was originally quite different from how it ended up. The single will feature on her upcoming EP "Heart Talk Vol. 1" dropping this Friday.