About the Song
"Angry Voices" is the third single from my upcoming full length album (due out winter 2021).
This song was derived from a desire to get away from all the cynicism, bad news, and negativity we are constantly inundated with. We have gotten so far away from being able to have reasonable and constructive conversations with each other. It seems that too many are invested in being angry and one sided, and not in trying to understand and empathize with one another. That overwhelming frustration led me to the chorus, "I just want to get away from it all".
Yet, there are those who try and take you down with all the other angry voices, when all you want is a break from the mental and emotional exhaustion. The song is also a call to action to stop, look around, and appreciate all the good that still exists around us. No matter how grim, every little bit of happiness matters, maybe now more than ever. There are so many things beyond our immediate control, so look for the good, and just keep living.
Learn more and listen to the first two singles here: "Walls" and "Without a Fight"
"Angry Voices" was recorded at Off Avenue Sound, the operating name of Van Slooten's own home studio. In addition to recording and producing the track, he played all the instruments on it as well.
As a stay-at-home dad for the past 12 years, he put a lot of his musical ambitions on the back burner, a decision he says he wouldn't change for anything. During that time, he's still managed to release 3 full length solo albums, 2 EP's, numerous singles, and maintained steady bookings regionally. Now onto a new phase of his music career, he looks forward with optimism at what is to come next.
Lyrics
Another goddamn day of all the same things
Predictable, unchanging points of view
So meaningless to compound the frustrations
By blocking every point the light gets through
‘Cause nothing is, so black and white
Exists always in the gray
Blur the lines, between wrong and right
It won’t justify the need, you seek
I just wanna get away, from it all
Try to clip my wings just to watch me fall
But I’m not coming down
Until I know for sure I won’t be buried by the sound
Of all these angry voices, when one of them is mine
Nothing’s gained through drawn out conversations
When the art of listening is all but dead
So desperate to know all of the answers
You hear what you want but not what’s being said
REPEAT PRE-CHORUS / CHORUS
Take a good look around, set your sights on
Something other than the cynics
And all the bullshit their spinning and remember
To be grateful and grab every piece of happiness
That you’re being given and keep on living
Just keep living
Take every piece of happiness that you’re being given
And keep living, just keep living
Take every piece of happiness that you’re being given and…
Get away, from it all
Try to clip my wings just to watch me fall
But I’m not coming down
Until I know for sure I won’t be buried by the sound
Of all these angry voices, until none of them is mine