Never Knows Best – Something From Nothing

Between Nihilism and Goosebumps: The Powerful Opening of Never Knows Best

Let me just say it straight away: "Something From Nothing" gave me a real "wow" effect. Never Knows Best deliv­er a ser­i­ously cool, fresh sound here, and its vibe grabbed me imme­di­ately. The blend of dark synth-pop and dark wave is abso­lutely bril­liant and, in my opin­ion, falls some­where in the same league as William Control and Straight Razor.

Even the thrill­ing intro had me on the edge of my seat – this play­ful, mys­ter­i­ous melody is simply amaz­ing and reminds me a lot of Light Asylum's big hit "Dark Allies". When the bass drum kicks in with that power­ful punch in the intro, I know instantly: some­thing big is com­ing. After about nine seconds, a wobbly synth line in the style of Human League's "Don't You Want Me" joins in – that gives me goose­bumps! Even the gui­tars, which I often find off-put­ting, are subtly placed here and blend in seamlessly.

The gui­tars are per­fectly placed and fit in per­fectly. The dark vocals per­fectly suit the genre and con­vey the lyr­ic­al ques­tion of wheth­er, in the absurdity of it all, we are merely car­bon or cap­able of cre­at­ing "Something from Nothing." The song power­fully cap­tures the oscil­la­tion between hope and nihil­ism. This debut from the Americans is fant­ast­ic. I'm extremely curi­ous to see what will fol­low this evol­u­tion of their sound and wheth­er they can main­tain this high level.

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Lyrics of "Never Knows Best – Something From Nothing"

How long will it take
To escape from this charade
Am I breathing?
How can we turn and face anoth­er day
That only ever seems to move away
Away from here

Take me back now
Help me understand
How do we forget
How do we pretend
Hold me close
Let it move too slow
It’s you and me, it’s all we know

It’s you and I again
How can we comprehend?
We twist and turn
As autumn burns
Will we learn to make
Something from Nothing?

Is this what we call sane?
How long will we keep play­ing this game
Are we feeling?
Is this all there is to see?
The empty space inside of me?
Nothing past absurdity
Have we seen all there is to see?

Are we noth­ing or something
Are we cold and honest
Are we forgotten
Or is there some­thing more than carbon
Something or noth­ing else here