“Enough for Now” by The Fray, Wednesday, September 14, 2022
The Fray ’s eponymous second record was propelled by the success of their first record How to Save a Life . While it’s true that television dramas can still make the careers of bands, in some ways it seems like the storytelling lyrics of bands like The Fray were going out of fashion with each subsequent release from the Boulder, Colorado-based band. But with still eight million monthly listeners on Spotify despite not releasing anything new since 2014, and even lead singer Isaac Slade leaving the band last year, there still is a market for coffee-shop lyricism, even if you don’t hear it on Top 40 stations anymore. HE’S NO LONGER WITH US, BUT HE LEFT THIS DUSTY ROOM. Like many of the songs on The Fray’s second LP, “ Enough for Now ” deals with an emotional subject related to family. The seventh track on the record deals with the death of lead singer Isaac Slade ’s maternal grandfather. The lyrics of the song paint a bleak picture about a bitter man who longed to pass on his name wi