A veteran of the Christian music scene, with two Grammy nominations on her resume, Leslie Jordan (no relation to the actor of the same name) makes a striking first foray into secular… The Agonist kicks off with the melancholy title track, setting the stage for the saga of a man who “never had a good thing he didn’t squander.” Proposing to follow the protagonist on his Jack Kerouac-inspired wanderings, the song warns, “When you chase a fantasy / Reality is a casualty.” Containing the admission, “What I choose doesn’t always make sense,” the chilling “Truth or Consequence” flirts with the idea of nothingness as a way to inner peace, saying, “To disappear in darkness night / Surrender up this lonesome fight / All is not well but all is right / Take me there.” Amidst the Tex-Mex groove of “Loved Me for a Little While,” a “young and foolish” man looks back on the romance he ruined.
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Published at: 2025-04-28 22:04:32
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