MISSIO, "Bottom of the Deep Blue Sea"
After all of yesterday's bad news, I think the "Kayak" has capsized, and it's only appropriate that we end up here, at the "Bottom of the Deep Blue Sea." MISSIO is one of those anonymous, major label modern rock bands who serve as convenient punching bags for most of today's music critics. (Don't get me started on one of my "state of music criticism today" rants. If I read one more fatuous thinkpiece proclaiming the "brilliance" of Cardi B...)
Anyway, back to the song: I'm one of those people who actively seeks out rock music I see described as "overproduced," because I can usually find a lot of tasty sonic morsels in the mix of those songs. And MISSIO reminds me of the "overproduced" radio rock bands I used to like at the turn of the millennium, like Filter and On and Vast, who alternated between heavy rock tracks and dark, delicate ballads. Like Filter's "Take a Picture" and Vast's "I Don't Have Anything," MISSIO's "Bottom of the Deep Blue Sea" falls into the latter category. And somehow, these guys even manage to have worse haircuts than Filter did.
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