There are songs that come not as entertainment but like a conversation that we are so desperately in need to have but it is done on a channel of melody instead of verbal. Precisely the same is offered in Truth over Lies. The partnership between Michelle Bond, Michael Levine and Matthias Schmidt was the result of a creative retreat held on Idylwild, California, or more precisely, it is the sublimity of harshness, clean enough to slice through the noise of the modern world.
The song introduces itself with a distinct purpose, as though it holds the listener by the hand and draws him or her in the emotional centre of it all. Suggestions of U2 becoming a widescreen drama, or Coldplay becoming a building of architectural warmth pass by, but what Michellar and her team have created is distinctly their own. The recording process also follows a path of its own – recording going across California and South Africa and finally finding its permanent form in Hollywood – forming a sound-cape that is truly international.
Frankie El is a riveting singer with commanding, rich and soul-dipped vocals as though every word has its own silent struggle. The sombre mood of the song is the perfect complement to the themes of Truth, Unity and our common need to find meaning amid a broken world. Guitars sail through the harmonies like shafts of light that are breaking through the heavy clouds, and the percussion is like the heartbeat that is set to a purpose.
The most memorable thing about Truth Over Lies is its sincerity. Political music may be empty nowadays, but this song is experienced and embodied–irritation and hope turned into something useful. It is a song that is better played loudly, either when one is alone or when travelling with other travellers. Michellar did not just drop a single, but she has made a statement that resonated long after the last note had disappeared.
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