Throughout, they repeat the
subtitle as if to share their senti-
ments about how two become
one in marriage. Given the toll
that music takes on most mar-
riages, I’m glad to see that their
forthcoming march down the
aisle is working out.
Like much of “Everything’s
Hard,” including two versions of
the exceptional title track, the
sparse, bluesy, lo-fi two-piece
also make a societal statement
with “Strong Hearts”: “I is a word
of degree (let’s kill it). Revolu-
tions aren’t free (but we will it).”
Those lines are sung in a nice
counter harmony between Ku-
bian and Moon.
Social conscience makes up
much of the eco-minded “Ev-
erything’s Hard,” including the
title track, Kubian’s lament about
the environment coupled with
his joy about getting high. This
is an anthem for anarchists who
want to burn everything down
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and start over again as an agri-
cultural, money-free economy.
Seemingly suggesting a mod-
ern-day Garden of Eden, the
couple philosophizes that we
work best as a society when we
live off the land and make living
easy by simply eating, sleeping
and loving until we die. The sim-
ple jangly song features a great
chorus – “Everything’s hard. I
don’t know why. Living is easy.
Eat, Sleep, love until you die” –
that sandwiches a great bridge:
“I started waking when my body
said rise. Clocks on the wall are
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