Shana Falana pens an adolescent anthem full of catchy hooks and joy
Anthemic songs should swing for the fences. Big, churning chords, massive drums, and sing-along choruses are the bread and butter of these tracks, and playing to the cheap seats is an essential aim, as everyone from Bruce Springsteen to Coldplay can tell you. The best ones tend to connect with you when you’re still young, which helps explain why some many of them emphasize the damn-the-torpedos exuberance of youth. “Cool Kids,” the second track of Shana Falana’s album Here Comes The Wave (due out October 21 on Team Love Records) gets at that unrestrained sense of possibility that floods your brain as a kid, realizing that you don’t have to keep doing whatever everyone around you has done, and opening yourself up to the potential for anything.