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What’s up Sorry State readers? I hope everyone has had a nice week. It’s been in the 70s and 80s here in Raleigh this past week, so it’s felt more like spring than fall. This week me and Dominic were going through one of the boxes from Miss Veola’s collection and found two copies of Herbie Hancock’s Sunlight, a regular copy and a promo copy. I was reminded of how much I enjoy this album and we gave it a listen in the store. This past summer I was lucky enough to see Herbie Hancock perform live at the North Carolina Museum of Art in their outdoor amphitheater, and it was a really great show. During the show, he played a song that I really liked, but I had no idea what it was. Fast forward a couple weeks and I picked up a random copy of this album and gave it a listen. I quickly realized that the second track on the album, Come Running to Me, was the song I had heard at the concert that I couldn’t figure out what it was. It sounded just as good as when I heard it live, and I was so happy to finally know what it was. I also was familiar with the first song on the album, I thought It Was You, but I knew the version by Kimiko Kasai, so I was happy to discover the original version of the song. I really love the use of the vocoder on this record too. I’ve always just thought it sounds so cool. Sometimes you really enjoy a song or album because they remind you of a certain time or place. This album reminds me of my trip over to Madrid this past summer. Every morning I would take a walk on my own and walk around the city and listen to music, and I was listening to this album a lot at the time. Now when I hear this album, it makes me feel like I’m walking around in the Spanish sun, eating tapas and drinking aperol spritzes till I can’t anymore. It’s nice to have music that can instantly transport you to a different place or state of mind, especially during these cold fall and winter months when it gets dark at 5PM.
Give one of your favorite summertime records a listen next time this cold weather has got you feeling blue.