I have a hyper awareness of the passing of time. This cognizance certainly allows you to live in the present a bit longer; to soak up the sensory details of a situation, so you can revisit it later on. But accompanying this rudimentary form of transtemporal travel is an acute understanding that time has, and continues to pass you by.

It’s a blessing, a curse, and a conflict tackled by Asbury Park indie rockers The Extensions on “Light the Room.” This energized, self-reflective jaunt through funk rhythms and vintage fuzz forces listeners to grapple with their own passage through time through our narrator’s reexamination of halcyon days and lost love alike.

“Is it heaven in your head, or a six-foot-three disaster in your bed?” wonders Extensions front man Brian Erickson (ex Paper Jets). “Running sideways on the grass. Kiss the lipstick I found pressed up to the glass.”

Long looks in the mirror are revelatory, rekindling the memory of past victories and painful defeats, but leaving the future as blank canvas to be colored.

“I missed my crown. I lost my edge,” Erickson adds in a moment of self-doubt. “I’m just some washed out man, been cast out all the way.” But if grains through the hourglass teach us anything, existence isn’t about the hits you take, but the response you give in return.

“Light the Room” was a Boxing Day present via the prolific Jersey City imprint Mint 400 Records. Stream The Extensions latest cut below, and be sure to catch them at an upcoming show.

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