I pop the silver Buddha that I wear around my neck into my mouth, securing my lips around his little metal body. I'd swear it was being played by Brian Bath, but how could that be, way out here on our stereo screen.

It's a small transistor radio out of which cries an electric guitar. This soldier is under a tree, dozing with a faint smile and a radio by his side. Sometimes a Vietnamese would track a soldier for days and follow him, until he eventually took him. Take the camera in even closer, and we find a solitary soldier, perhaps the one I have singled out. We can smell them for miles with their sickly cologne, American tobacco and stale sweat. Closer in with the camera, and you can catch glimpses of their pink skin. Right in the distance you can see the trees moving, smoke and sounds drifting our way. We are looking at the Americans from the Vietnamese point of view and, almost like a camera, we start in wide shot. We sat in front of the speakers trying to focus on the picture - a green forest, humid and pulsating with life. 'Pull Out The Pin' was covered by Niki Romijn. The lyric of the song was based on a documentary about the war in Vietnam and describes soldiers of the Vietcong literally sniffing out their American opponents before killing them. Originally released on her fourth album The Dreaming. Architects have hit this one out the park.Song written by Kate Bush. Like I said, there is a lot to unpack here, many good songs, many good messages, much good music. In closing – this is an album I’ll be coming back to – either as a whole review or in bits and pieces. Check it out on YouTube! (I would link it here, but I think this is long enough without forcing you to sit through another video) Such a well written song and in addition, an expertly crafted music video.

There is another song I think deserves an honourable mention – and that is Meteor. The rest of the album is also freaking amazing, and well worth your time. I dug my heels I thought that I could stop the rot I do my best, but everything seems ominousĭon’t cry to me because the fiction that we’re living in But after fighting to establish my life in New Zealand, deciding to up and leave it, is still a big thing. Yes, moving to Australia is not a big deal if you’re a Kiwi. If only to see if we, not only survive, but flourish. The sense of excitement of rising to a challenge, facing an adversary head on – that’s what we as men do. – where almost anything that can go wrong, will, at some stage, go wrong. So why not take a leap into the unknown! Since I really do feel alive in situations where there is a lot of opportunity for spontaneity, unknowns and having to really dance on sinking sand. After all, I am nothing but an animal, afraid of the outcome. In particular, the line in this song asking, “should I just pull the pin?”. This song came to me and challenged my thinking about settling for the familiar. Many times, while we were preparing, I was oscillating between being excited, looking forward to the opportunities and adventure, and then being nervous and just wanting to stick with my normal, comfortable, unchallenging life. You don’t even really have to realise for it to weigh on you. Packing up your life, saying goodbye to friends, trading the familiar and routine for a new routine and the unfamiliar. In fact, it’s probably one of the easiest move-to-a-new-country one could do. Now the jump from New Zealand to Australia is not that hard. I suppose it’s a reflection of where I was, mentally, emotionally, physically, that these lyrics stuck. I suppose I was just in the right frame of mind when this song came along, punched me in the mouth and got me to pay attention. Maybe I was not a fan of their earlier stuff, or songs shown to me before just didn’t click. They were yet another band that completely flew under my radar for whatever reason. I had heard about Architects before, and maybe even heard one or two of their songs, but never really gave them another thought. Seriously, I could spill a lot of digital ink about this album, going through each song with a fine-toothed comb. From their now fully released, and absolutely amazing, 9th album – For Those That Wish To Exist. To one song in particular – Animals – by the band Architects. This month’s music review is going to be more of a Sunday Fireside, but set to music. And I really can’t explain why, even though I am about to attempt just that. It seemed to encompass everything I was feeling and internalising. Something about this song embodied my thoughts at the time. It came to me via Apple Music’s Heaps Heavy playlist, and after the first listen I was hooked. While we were deciding-slash-preparing for our move to Melbourne, I had a song that would always pop up.

Should i just pull the pin song