Throwback Thursday: Fenix TX – Philosophy

“Nothing good can ever seem to last.”

These words have been in my head a lot lately. From being laid off from the last consistent part-time job I had, to watching the Pacific Palisades (a town where I partially grew up) burnt to the ground, to the greater political changes happening in our country, the world has felt overwhelmingly on the downswing.

I’m sure late-90’s pop-punk band Fenix TX have felt no better since the tragic death of founding bassist Adam Lewis from pancreatic cancer. The band had been making attempts at a come-back for quite a while, even without original lead singer William Salazar, but it seems they couldn’t ever catch a break (as so many in the world likely feel). This week, they released the first of the songs they were working on before Lewis’ death: Engines.

At least their original albums are still out there, and I’ve been going back to the song “Philosophy” recently from their debut album. Yes, partly it’s because the first line in the song is “Nothing good can ever seem to last”, but it’s also because of the rip-roaring lead guitar, the catchy harmonies, and the song’s eventual existential outlook (“nothing good can ever seem to stay but it’s great 
To see those great things fade away”). Something about it all just hits right these days.

So join me in feeling nostalgic and philosophical and throwback to this 1999 jam.