MUTEMATH - Remain

I get really sad and emotional whenever I hear this song from MUTEMATH. If I remember correctly, I believe it was the song they released in conjunction with the announcement that they were going on permanent hiatus as a band.

The music video here was uploaded at the start of the pandemic lockdown.

MUTEMATH was my young adult years, the music that played in the background of many memories in my head. I went to their early concerts when they were filling small venues as opening acts and then later when they headlined tours for themselves. There’s something about this particular song that seems like a bookend not only to the band itself, but to a time and place in my own life when things seemed clearer and more sure. I’ve yet to quantify it in words, even for myself, but I think pandemic lockdown messed with my head. This song reminds me a little bit of the time before all that.