A topic often used by artists as inspiration and motivation for a song is change in their lives. All of us have had good stretches in our lives, but the good comes with the bad.

Sometimes you just have to let go of the “good old days” in order to grow as a person.

A Lovebird found inspiration through their song “Blood and the Dirt”. This song was written as a homage towards Vancouver’s punk scene back in the 1970’s and the 80’s. They described the song as meaning to grieve a past whilst reflecting on the present.

The video resembles the fight within yourself from who you once were to who you have become now. Video director Jana Treptow explained that in the exploration of old self vs new self, you are able to take away the good, bad, and the ugly from both of those states.

Whilst “Blood and the Dirt” serves as a tribute towards the punk past in Vancouver, it also resembles how change is a good thing to. They also acknowledge that just because the live music scene in Vancouver has been put on hold, that does not quite mean that it is in fact dead per say.

There is a lot of hope that with the use of science in regards towards vaccines, Vancouver’s live music scene will return to form in the following months. Of course to get to this stage we have to stay vigilante and continue to follow public health orders and protocols to stay safe whilst more people become vaccinated in our beautiful province as they continuously become readily available.

Hopefully soon we can get back to listening to the sounds of downtown Vancouver and the one of a kind night life that we have all come to love in the coming months with the people we hold most dear to our hearts.