Tears for Fears directly tap into that feeling on "Astronaut," a new song that takes emotional alienation and turns it into an imaginative trip outside the atmosphere. Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith perform the British pop rock band's latest release, about a guy who feels out of touch with his surroundings and dreams of floating away into space. "Astronaut" gives it a vivid destination.
In "Astronaut," the two notions seem to co-exist, producing a song that feels less like an escape fantasy and more like an exploration of what it is to feel out of place. Charlton Pettus and Roland Orzabal wrote the song, and Tears for Fears and Pettus produced it. The collaboration marries the band's long-standing creative identity with a song concept that remains very human at its heart.
"Astronaut" is particularly powerful due to the universality of its core emotion. It can come up suddenly, sometimes without warning, and the song gives it an expansive setting. With "Astronaut," Tears for Fears turn separation into something almost weightless, an outward journey that in the end makes an intensely human feeling feel closer to home.
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