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Bayonne - "Right Thing" from the 2023 album Temporary Time on Nettwerk

Today\'s Song of the Day from Bayonne (a solo project from Austin, TX-based singer/songwriter Roger Sellers) is extra potent, not just for being a total new wave nostalgic groove, but because it was the last song Roger was able to play for his father before he passed away from cancer.\\xa0

\\u201cApproaching my mid 30s, I was having a lot of anxiety about life, music and the future \\u2013 contemplating where I wanted to go creatively, which among other things, caused me to fall into a state of depression. It\\u2019s a deeply meaningful song to me, conveying feelings of stagnancy and self-doubt while maintaining a poppy format,\\u201d he says in a press statement. \\u201cOne of the reasons it\\u2019s so meaningful to me is because it was the last song I remember showing my Dad before he passed. In the middle percussive section, I added samples from old home VHS tapes, wherein you can faintly hear him and other family members chattering lightly in the background. I\\u2019ll never forget showing him how I implemented these old recordings into the song. He was highly amused by this.\\u201d

The track appears on Bayonne\'s third full-length Temporary Time. He adds, "To me the overall narrative of Temporary Time is the events following my Dad\\u2019s cancer diagnosis in early 2019. The record explores the emotional journey we went through as a family coming to terms with his declining health. Not every song covers this, but that presentiment is lingering in the back of my mind through it all.\\u201d

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