This song is impossibly upbeat and strangely dreamy. It’s also the exact sort of song you hear in a hotel lobby or in an airport terminal. I first heard it while deplaning in St. Martin (Sint Maarten). The airfield is right by the ocean (and the infamous Maho beach), and so it came to be that this song is fused with my memory of warm Caribbean Air and beautiful blue water.
Do carriers still play boarding music? I should probably know this — I work for an airline — but honestly have no idea. It’s been that long…
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As for what they consider to be their biggest accomplishment to date, Grobler believes that it is having made three albums that they are very proud of, and that the band members have not killed each other on the road yet.
Watch the rest of the interview here.
“Elevate” by St. Lucia | When The Night, 2012
What do you think about this record? When/where’d you first hear it? For that matter, if you’ve been to St. Martin, what’d you think? As always, I’d love to find out!
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Kevin—
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st lucia hits a big red button in my brain that releases tons of dopamine (this sounds good but honestly not sure how neurotransmitters work). favorite tracks: dancing on glass, love somebody.