Blog: the torture garden

The Cloud Room - Hey Now Now I read somewhere that this song was written over one horrible week, while the singer waited on the results of an HIV test, and his doctor flew abroad on holiday. I'm not sure if it's true, but it sounds about right: this whole song is about worrying things better, wishing for the good things in your honest little life not to be outweighed by anything else, and wishing it so bad that you'll do anything. As Internet-era songs go, this is an oldie but a goodie. [...]

• The Cloud room - hey now now