The Neighbourhood is a band that I've listened to since I was like 15 when their I Love You. record came out.
This song came on and maaaan the nostalgia hit me really hard. This song came out in 2015 but I associate it this 2020 or 2021 (I don't remember). I was living with my boyfriend at the time in Richmond. I don't really associate the song with him but the mornings when I listened to this song.
I transferred to work at the mall down the street. So, every morning I would listen to music and grab Tim Hortons and walk to work. It was summer but it was still chilly in the morning. I would also listen to it walking home; the sun was beating down by midday.
And this was just after COVID happened too. We had to take a lot of precautions at work like wiping down surfaces and letting in a set amount of customers. The store was crazy busy in the summer and it was stressful and it wasn't a good time in general.
The song is pretty melancholy, but it's also very beautiful. It filled me with ambivalence whenever I listened to it. When I was walking to work, the day was nice, yet I was going somewhere to do something that I didn't want to do. It made me sad but I enjoyed my walk while I could.