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Seán Barna's 'God Save the Scene' Is a Gorgeous Plea for Our Future: Premiere

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Seán Barna's "God Save the Scene" was written before the current pandemic that has most major metropolitan areas on lockdown, but it's message -- that society is well past the point where we need to collectively hit the brakes and consider our future -- couldn't be more timely.Hailing from the singer-songwriter's upcoming EP Margaret Thatcher of the Lower East Side (May 29), the track opens with a waft of haunting choral voices before Barna's own, which alternates between a gossamer falsetto and a wry, meditative tone reminiscent of Dan Bejar, takes over.

A shuffling acoustic guitar and lonely pedal steel bring to mind a widescreen vision of the open plains -- which, not coincidentally, is where the song came to Barna -- before working up.

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