SONG: "Can't Go Back"
ARTIST: Arliss Nancy
ALBUM: "Arliss Nancy/Those Crosstown Rivals" split
YEAR: 2013
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Fort Collins, Colorado
YEARS ACTIVE: 2007 - 2019
WHAT I THINK THE SONG IS ABOUT:
"Can't Go Back" appears to be a song about leaving a special someone behind from where you came from. Sometimes people want to start a new life and pick up and start over somewhere else. Others are chained to their hometown and aren't as eager to uproot. When these two people are in a relationship, it makes it that much harder. The vocalist seems like he was ready to start a new life somewhere else. His girl wasn't. Now he has to live with the decision of severing ties of that relationship but he feels he can't go back.
ARLISS NANCY DISCOGRAPHY (Full length albums only):
2009 - Dance To Forget (self-released)
* did not chart on the Billboard 200
2012 - Simple Machines (Gunner Records)
* did not chart on the Billboard 200
2013 - Wild American Runners (Gunner Records)
* did not chart on the Billboard 200
2016 - Greater Divides (Gunner Records)
* did not chart on the Billboard 200
MY THOUGHTS ON ARLISS NANCY:
Arliss Nancy formed as a band back in 2007, hailing from Fort Collins, Colorado. Their first release was an EP in 2008 called "Rust". Their debut full length studio album would be 2009's self-released "Dance To Forget". That album helped the band forge a relationship with Gunner Records who distributed their next three full lengths beginning with 2012's "Simple Machines". In 2013 the band released "Wild American Runners". Arliss Nancy's most recent release would come in 2016, titled "Greater Divides". The band posted on their Facebook page in 2019 that they are on an indefinite hiatus. Arliss Nancy is like a mash of rock and roll, punk rock and alt. country. They've always been kinda an underground band. I'm not sure exactly how I found out about these guys but I know the first album I had by them was their debut "Dance To Forget". They almost gave me a Hot Water Music vibe or maybe just Chuck Ragan solo vibe when he played with his full band. They are a pretty interesting band. They seem to have lots of energy and their style is pretty damn cool. Hopefully, they are just on a hiatus and they haven't broken up but haven't heard any news from them since 2019.
SIMILAR ARTISTS:
Drag The River
500 Miles To Memphis
The Grizzly Band
Nowherebound
Chuck Ragan
TEN ARLISS NANCY SONGS YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT:
1. Blessings I Ain't Never Had
2. Both Got Old
3. Bar Of The Century
4. The Crease
5. Alchemy For Emily
6. Wrong Or Right
7. Can't Go Back
8. Don't You Forget
9. Vonnegut
10. Saint Forgot
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