It’s a timeless theme, but the most important and inspirational songwriting topics are, especially those pertaining to the human condition. And, I doubt that there will be many who listen to the words and sentiment running through the song and not relate with what Pam Ross is going through here, in some way, however small.
“Kansas” is really a metaphor, a placeholder for whatever wide-open, sparsely populated, and far-flung place works for you. The place where, after a breakup, you can start again, reinvent yourself, and put the past behind you. A place where no one knows you, where you don’t have a past and where memory lane doesn’t exist, at least not for you.
Blending country-tinged acoustic grooves, shimmering indie touches, and acoustic finesse, “Kansas” is one of those songs that seems to forego the idea of genre and instead will appeal to a wide range of discerning fans. And any song that can do that, given the passage of enough time, usually ends up regarded as a classic. And, honestly, “Kansas” already feels like one; after all, you were singing the chorus by the time it had come around for the second time, weren’t you? Yes, you were; don’t try to tell me otherwise.
As a taste of next year’s album, Outside the Box, “Kansas” achieves the only thing that a single needs to achieve: it compels the listener to make a mental note, if not a physical one, to buy the forthcoming long player as soon as is humanly possible.
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