i am nearing the end of one of the most intensive periods of work i've ever experienced. i've spent something like ten nights at home in the last six weeks. i've been travelling relentlessly for work. my body clock has given up on trying to decipher which time zone we're in. last night i finished work at 4am, while my colleagues worked right through until 6am. i've slept six hours since wednesday. i'm exhausted and i'm homesick, and i've got an hour to kill. it's comfort music time.
once again, i hadn't listened to this album as a whole in years. there's always the traditional crowded house crowd-pleasers that make it onto party playlists, but the album as a whole is a nostalgic, perfect listen for my mood. it sounds like my childhood and teenage years - for some reason it sounds like an eternal new zealand summer. it's a straightforward album - it's just easy rock, with nothing particularly remarkable about it, except the memories it conjures. it's actually kind of perfect right now - it's a bit emo: 'fall at your feet', 'don't dream its over' and 'better be home soon' seem relatively apt somehow. my sleep-deprived brain also finds climate related songs ('weather with you', 'four seasons in one day') ironically amusing right now.
various songs remind me of various friends i have made along the way - most of them from overseas who knew crowded house as 'that new zealand band' well before we were known for flight of the conchords and lord of the rings. it's familiar and comfortable and a little bit senitmental. it doesn't challenge me or question me or tax my limited brain capacity. it's calm and relaxing and exactly what i need.
i can't wait to get home. meanwhile, i have to go to work.
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