In Cary Pratt’s world, heartbreak is inevitable. This philosophy permeates every groove of It Began/Ended with Sparks, his second release under the Prairie Cat moniker.
Pratt’s romantic pessimism is never more apparent than on “Never Right,” a catchy keyboard ditty about a string a failed relationships. The song addresses a string of ex-lovers—”this girl from my hometown,” “Jen New Mexico,” the unnamed “you”—and describes how each romance soured. Pratt doesn’t absolve himself of blame, admitting, “I treated her fairly badly.”
What’s most poignant about the song is that none of the relationships appear to have ended for any good reason. Instead, the singer wonders, “I don’t know why I never call / I don’t know why I never write.” But hey, the track is laden with pattering bongos, bouncy drums and glitchy 8-bit keyboards, so there’s no reason to get too depressed.
For further reading, I reviewed It Began/Ended with Sparks for the Georgia Straight and interviewed Cary for BeatRoute.
mp3: “Never Right”
Pratt’s romantic pessimism is never more apparent than on “Never Right,” a catchy keyboard ditty about a string a failed relationships. The song addresses a string of ex-lovers—”this girl from my hometown,” “Jen New Mexico,” the unnamed “you”—and describes how each romance soured. Pratt doesn’t absolve himself of blame, admitting, “I treated her fairly badly.”
What’s most poignant about the song is that none of the relationships appear to have ended for any good reason. Instead, the singer wonders, “I don’t know why I never call / I don’t know why I never write.” But hey, the track is laden with pattering bongos, bouncy drums and glitchy 8-bit keyboards, so there’s no reason to get too depressed.
For further reading, I reviewed It Began/Ended with Sparks for the Georgia Straight and interviewed Cary for BeatRoute.
mp3: “Never Right”
