The Alternative Tone

McCafferty 's recent EP, Forest Life, is one of The Alternative Tone's favourite releases so far this year. I caught up with Nick to get a track-by-track on the EP, in order to give us more insight into McCafferty's fabulous imagery and lyrical themes.  Jeff    There was a girl I was friends with in high school named Becky and she was in a relationship with this guy from freshman year until last summer, when their relationship fell apart she told me it happened really fast, that's why the song is so short. I wanted to explore the aspect of a relationship with so much feeling that just ends abruptly and the emptiness that you feel after. I've had people message me and say they wish Jeff was longer, but that's the exact reason I made it so short.  Snakes  I wrote "Snakes" with the mindset of making a song that sort of pokes fun at all these dogs out there in the DIY scene about smoking and partying, it's really simplistic in the lyrics b

You’ll Never Be In On The Joke  by Aaron Mook  Stop me if you’ve heard this one before; in 1994 (odd to think it was the same year Nirvana became relevant, despite what your local Hot Topic might believe) four KISS-loving nerds released one of the greatest alt-rock records of all-time. When Rivers Cuomo and co. released their debut, the self-titled Weezer (often referred to as The Blue Album ), it saw widespread critical and commercial success. Cuomo was like you, albeit being even more of an outcast; he wrote simple garage-rock songs with his friends about girls, surfing, and Dungeons & Dragons, and he loved guitar solos. On some level, the Weezer boys represented all of us, which is why The Blue Album is continually regarded as a landmark album. Nearly 20 years later, it’s still relevant. Having grown disillusioned with the rock n’ roll lifestyle (not to mention suffering the effects of a serious leg surgery and the painkillers that followed), Cuomo sought to depart fro