La canción del verano #32: 'Endless Summer'

«Es el día de Año Nuevo y no estamos quemando nada / Extraño el frío y extraño esperar la primavera», canta Mac McCaughan en esta canción protesta que alerta sobre los efectos del cambio climático y retrata el verano no como un paraíso, sino como un infierno de sudores y desmayos.

«No estoy preparado para un verano interminable», cantan los de Chapel Hill, eminencias del indie de los noventa renacidos en los últimos años gracias a discos como '«What a Time to Be Alive' y 'Wild Loneliness'. Energía punk y armazón pop para despertar conciencias junto a una nómina de ilustres invitados en la que destacan Mike Mills (R.E.M) y Norman Blake and Raymond McGinley (Teenage Fanclub). En breve, por cierto, tocan en España: el 22 de agosto en Sant Feliu de Guíxols y el 24 de agosto en el Canela Party de Torremolinos.

'Endless Summer'

We used to like this song with snow piled up outside

We used to wonder when the mornings would turn mild

Now everything is upside down

From Lake Louise to Spanish Town

Is this the year the leaves don't lose their color

And hummingbirds, they don't come back to hover?

Now I'm a broken record

I'm a year-round bummer, but

I'm not ready for an endless summer, no

I'm not ready for an endless summer

It's New Year's day, and we're not burning anything

I miss the cold and I miss looking out for spring

What's coming up, greeting the words

Of all the signs we understood

Is this the year the dogwoods, they don't flower?

Is this the year the fruit, it all stays sour?

Now I'm a broken record

I'm a year-round bummer, but

I'm not ready for an endless summer, no

I'm not ready for an endless summer, ya

Is this the year the leaves don't lose their color?

And hummingbirds, they don't come back to hover

Now I don't need to be a

A giant bummer, but

I'm not ready for an endless summer, no

I'm not ready for an endless summer

I'm not ready for an endless summer, no

I'm not ready for an endless summer