{"id":4014,"date":"2018-12-14T15:12:14","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T21:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/socc\/?p=4014"},"modified":"2019-02-26T21:27:38","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T03:27:38","slug":"song-of-the-weekend-mike-clark-the-sugar-sounds-burn-you-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/socc\/2018\/12\/14\/song-of-the-weekend-mike-clark-the-sugar-sounds-burn-you-up\/","title":{"rendered":"SONG OF THE WEEK(END): Mike Clark & the Sugar Sounds- \u201cBurn You Up\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mike Clark & the Sugar Sounds performing at Globe Hall in 2016. Image Credit: Nikki A. Rae<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This song has haunted me all week. From the deep, deliberate drum beat at the song\u2019s beginning to the singer crooning, \u201cYou know it\u2019s gonna burn you alive\u2026burn you up, burn you up<\/em>\u201d at the bridge, listening to this track transforms me into a more melancholic version of myself. \u201cBurn You Up\u201d reminds me of a failed relationship and lost love I\u2019ve never even felt nor experienced before. However, the song isn\u2019t overwhelmingly sad. It\u2019s tinged with sweetness, present in the way the guitar chords are somewhat reminiscent of bells ringing, the way the lead singer draws out certain words while keeping others short, and also for the way the lyrics \u201cyou called me darling when you broke my heart<\/em>\u201d are sung- simply, tenderly, and truthfully.<\/p>\n

The simplest way I could explain this song to my friends in hopes they would add it to their Spotify queues went along the lines of, \u201cOh my god, it\u2019s SO<\/em> good. It goes through, like, three vibes during the song.\u201d For lack of better phrasing, \u201cBurn You Up\u201d does go through multiple vibes. The song\u2019s cyclical nature takes the listener through different technical and emotional sections of the song, only to return you exactly where you started. Listening to it feels somewhat like recounting a dream when you wake, sometimes the details are fuzzy, it might have been strange (but seemed totally normal), and you always end up back at the beginning.<\/p>\n

Of all the tracks on the one album Mike Clark & the Sugar Sounds have on Spotify, \u201cBurn You Up\u201d stands out, for me, as one of their most dynamic, and more emotional, songs. This song, though not too good at hyping anyone up for Winter Break, still serves as a good, chill listen as we near the end of fourth Block. Happy studying, procrastinating, and listening. Hopefully you enjoy the bittersweet \u201cBurn You Up\u201d as much I do!<\/p>\n

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You can listen to “Burn You Up” on Spotify with the link below:<\/p>\n