“The energy was incredible,” recalls Joshua Potash, an educator who witnessed the D.C.

Sometime around 1:30pm EST, Kendrick Lamar’s Grammy-winning single “Alright” played on the speakers, sparking a group sing-along. And although there were instances of intense conflict with officers, there were also uplifting moments of solidarity. It was the ninth day of protests against police brutality and racism, following the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and countless other Black people in this country. The large yellow words painted on the ground-“Black Lives Matter” and “Defund the Police”-were mostly covered by the feet of protesters, but the echoes of the crowd’s chants carried for blocks. On June 6, hundreds of activists and protesters gathered on Black Lives Matter Plaza, a two-block section on 16th Street in Washington D.C. “These halls are very dear to me,” adds Carbone of the 19th Century church turned cultural venue, “they fill me with energy, lightness and ease and have been giving me so much comfort – especially in times when love hurt”.You could hear their chants from the White House. In doing so Olya’s gentle movement of the camera, our facial expressions and the subtle flickering of the candles that surround us, are all that draw attention away from the beauty and power of the song.”

Laura and I avoided eye contact, and opted for minimal movement within this beautiful setting. “It’s a near impossible task to summon the emotion needed to sing lyrics as powerful as these,” admits TUY singer Craig Dyer, who duets with Carbone on the track, “to depict it in a video is crossing another bridge entirely. The accompanying video was filmed at the stunning Zionskirch in Berlin Mitte, and directed by TUY drummer Olya Dyer. But it’s their version of ‘Crying’ that truly stands apart, raw and piercingly visceral as it is, and layered with haunting atmospherics that give it an almost Lynchian aura. Another highlight is their update of ‘Love Hurts,’ which they premiered in late October. It’s part of a new four-song EP of all Orbison covers titled In Dreams (also available on 10″ vinyl) which is released today via Future Shock Records. That German songstress Laura Carbone and her fellow Berliners The Underground Youth chose to cover it in 2021 seems fitting, as we are living through such melancholy times, and music so often reflects the universal mood. Oh, you wished me well, you couldn’t tell The 1962 Roy Orbison classic ‘Crying’ opens with a genuinely heartbreaking lyric, one that recalls a moment in life that nearly everyone recognizes: having a chance meeting with someone you are still in love with, but who is no longer in love with you.īut I saw you last night, you held my hand so tight

Lyrics one of us is crying