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Free Throw release video for "Today Is Especially Delicious"
April 10, 2019
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One of the first songs that jumped out at me when I listened to the new Free Throw album for the first time was "Today Is Especially Delicious," the single they released earlier this month.
In a lengthy foreword to the record, vocalist Cory Castro opens up about his vices for the first time, holding himself accountable so that he can finally move forward. The entire first part of What’s Past Is Prologue outlines a lot of the details behind what Cory’s talking about when he says things like “I’m still rinsing away the residue of self-contempt that lingers.”
It’s not until about halfway through the album that his whole story hits a major turning point with “Today Is Especially Delicious.” It feels climactic because it is; for the first time, in between symbolic routines and bouts of “drinking for breakfast,” Castro asks himself the real, hard-hitting question: “is this what I had planned for my life?” Spoiler alert: it’s not.
The video, released last week, takes a more metaphorical approach to telling this story, using bright colors and fruit to represent the way Cory used to live his life; his happiness and mood nearly completely reliant on access to his vices.
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“Today Is Especially Delicious” is, in my opinion, one of the strongest Free Throw tracks to be released yet. The band effortlessly builds and builds momentum until Cory has that light-bulb revelation, while the touch of noodly guitars and gang vocals give the track an almost-quirky, colorful feel right from the jump. The instrumentation itself practically lifts Castro up out of the void, and for the remainder of What’s Past Is Prologue, he’s on the other side, looking back to learn but focused on the future.
What's Past Is Prologue comes out this Friday on Triple Crown Records.
