Cross My Heart
Temporary Contemporary (Deep Elm)
by Tim Den
One of my favorite Deep Elm bands, Cross My Heart, follows up their self-titled debut EP with a full-length comprised of sultriness and desperation. Temporary Contemporary has the band chilling out, putting the aggression on the backburner to expose the more charred aspects of their psyche… particularly in areas of love. Tracks like “Tonight We’ll Set Ourselves On Fire” and “Infinity Doesn’t Live Here Anymore” pretty much say it all. Repeating “I don’t believe” over and over again during the latter, Cross My Heart doesn’t try to hide the fact that they’re a band that sings about nothing but relationships. That’s cool with me, as long as they keep doing it elegantly, not like the triteness we call “teeny bop” today.
(PO Box 36939 Charlotte, NC 28236)