New Music Review - ‘Bad Reception’ by Erin Myers
Bad Reception was released on the 7th October 2022 and has been getting some great reception from audiences within New Zealand and even as far as the Netherlands. Photo credit: Tony McKay.
The latest drop from Erin Myers will make you wish that you won’t have Bad Reception when you get this stuck into this tune. Following on from a successful string of releases, Erin has made her comeback after two years and thrown us a delightfully, flawlessly crafted tune that will have your heart swelling and singing every step of the way.
Bad Reception has these intense, catchy 90’s pop hooks that will work their way into your ears, creating the biggest earworm that you’re ever guaranteed to have. Bad Reception could easily be on the soundtrack to a teen heartthrob movie, placed within a scene where someone is walking away from someone they love because they have taken something the wrong way. I can visualise this in my mind while typing this review out and for Erin to make this such a visual song, it goes to show how brilliantly every element of her music entwines together so effortlessly.
Erin takes the time to allure you in with her sweet, harmonious vocals that match the cover art for Bad Reception - making all those warm fuzzies wash over you, releasing any negative emotions that you may be currently harbouring. Though the lyrics of the song are a little bit more on the somber side, Erin vocalises them in such a way that makes you feel understood if you are going through, or have gone through, the same situation.
The heftiness of the bass throughout the song has this entirely set way of pulling out all of the stops to add into the mix of the tune that brings this special spark to it.
Bad Reception has this fantastical way of expressing that when you’re trying to get through to someone, they are unable to hear you because the waves of their own thought patterns (being the reception) is blocking them from receiving the information being passed on. Erin expresses that she is tired of not being able to get through and this is causing some disruption within her life as well as potentially the person that she is singing about. It feels as though a bond has been broken due to the bad reception through a friendship or relationship, the connection has completely fizzled out due to the signal dropping, essentially.
This is something that we can all empathise with. In life, we sometimes lose touch with people, no matter how much we don’t want to. Feelings fade, friendships sizzle out. This, I believe, is what Erin is explaining through her words in Bad Reception.
Bear in mind that this is my personal interpretation of the song. Bad Reception really hits home to me personally and will be on repeat for the next year and beyond.
A very compelling song from Erin, indeed.
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