“Plenty of Time” is the second single dealing with the issue of broken faith released by Brookyn’s own Isaiah Singer . Following the psychedelic-rock single “Numbers on the Door” released in January 2023, the new song has a faster roadhouse style indie rock sound with influences by artists such as Iggy Pop and a drop of The Velvet Underground. Isaiah brings you a refreshing brand of indie rock music with real intention and songwriting ability from his clean guitar riffs and smooth vocals, he delivers a distinctive and refreshing sound.
“Plenty of Time” is arguably among the most personal and hard-hitting song so far from the artist, as it reflects upon the artist’s frustration during the lockdown of New York City in 2020. Isaiah found himself locked inside the house with his wife and two young children and was pressed to find time for himself, and whenever found he had to keep quiet. As you can expect, “Plenty of Time” is the sound of Isaiah Singer blowing off some steam.
On the outside, Singer speaks with charm, wit, and a mild manner, but upon hearing his personal background, you start to discover the sarcastic and sharp blows he launches toward a certain part of American society in his music. Isaiah tells the story we are starting to hear told more and more in the arts community. In his early twenties, he walked away from the grips of an Evangelical cult formed by broken souls rescued from the 1960s California music and art scene. In some ways, the experience sounded somewhat charming with childhood music lessons provided by members of the church band who were former touring musicians for such bands as the Grateful Dead. But in other instances, it was a long pressure cooker of repression and inspiration for his latest music releases.
How did the song “Plenty of Time” come about?
‘“Plenty of Time” came to me early on in the lockdown. There were four of us in a small one bedroom apartment in Brooklyn, and suddenly, that was our entire world. Time, or my perspective of time, changed in a big way. I had no time to myself and when I did, I mostly had to keep it quiet. This rock song was the stifled scream beside a sleeping baby and my wife on a crucial Zoom call. It was the first thing I pulled out when I got back into a band session, and the trio ripped through it ten times in a row – it was a cathartic way to finally revisit the joy of playing live together.”
– IS
Tell us what really got to you during the lockdown.
“The song started as a sarcastic plea to survive the pandemic, but alongside that came the recognition of this shocking lack of concern for life and mass disavowal of science and medicine that gained popularity among the ‘True Believers’ of our nation. It pushed me to ponder this vicious, vindictive, anti-humanitarian strain in American culture, and my rancor about that permeates this song. By the way, I don’t actually think that existence is pointless, but people sure do expend a lot of mental energy trying to justify their being. In my view, a cold, quiet infinity awaits us all, so why not just try to keep each other warm in the meantime?”
– IS
