Top Tracks: Matthew And The Atlas – Record Store

We leave pieces of ourselves behind everywhere we go like a trail of breadcrumbs. The memories we make are imprinted on the very walls of our surroundings at the time, and it stands to reason then that the more well-trod locales, the places that keep drawing us back time after time, hold the most prominent echoes of our past. ‘Record Store’, the latest single from Matthew And The Atlas, is a reminder of the enduring strength of memories, and how they remain long after the rock and stone around them has weathered away. The latest cut from forthcoming album This Place We Live, out 13th October, is a tale of returning to places you’ve formed a profound connection with, only to find how they’ve changed or even vanished all together. The cherished real-world tether is gone, but the memories remain; a time capsule of a place, and a version of yourself, that no longer exists. A fittingly haunting reflection on our old haunts, ‘Record Store’ is a wonderfully wistful musing on the disconnect we’ll all eventually feel with the life we once lived.