“Sun (Acoustic)” by Mae, Sunday, April 16, 2023 (updated repost)
Between their debut album Destination: Beautiful and their fan-favorite sophomore record The Everglow , Mae released Destination: B-Sides , which includes live and acoustic renderings of some of the standout tracks, songs that didn’t make it to the record, and demos that would make it onto The Everglow. The chorus of “Sun” contains the the lyrics “Destination Beautiful,” making “Sun” like the title track of the album, and one of the the most memorable tracks in the middle of the album, and it has one of the finest melodies on the album after " Embers and Envelops " and "All Deliberate Speed." IF YOU’RE WILLING, LET IT GO . In a 2018 two-part episode of Labeled (now available only to Patreon subscribers), Mae's lead singer Dave Elkins talked about the inspiration for the songs on Destination: Beautiful . Many of the tracks had to do with a disagreement between Elkins and members at his church. Elkins wrote many of the songs, including the first