Hello, it's me, ya toad. I know, I've never actually shown interest in Savlonic on this blog, but this is one of my favourite bands, I just tend to forget about them every two months and then discover them one more month later. And I've just been reminded, that it's not that much left before we get Black Plastic (March, if I'm correct). So I've decided to remind myself the lyrics and stuff and oh boi it caused some thinking. Say hello to this long theory, nobody asked for. (Under the cut)
(before I actually start, note, that: I couldn't find some lyrics and I may not have all the information (from streams and maybe some patrons-only stuff, because as I don't earn money for now, I'm not a one), I'm doing this one for fun, it's not any type of shocking analysis)
So, chronologically, let's start with Red. I'll let myself skip Electro Gypsy and Tiny Japanese Girl, as they are pretty random (or so deep, that I don't get the metaphor). In this album, we basically see Rosco and Eve getting together. There are struggles on a way (Wandering Eye may be about jealousy (though it is a little bit of a stretch), Android sounds like a call “I'm not ok, I have my issues”, Spelunker seems to me like a serious talk about these issues). The Driver seems, like they finally managed to figure it out (more less). And then, there is Computer Guy. Key one in my theory.
So as we all know, in Computer Guy, there is a man from a future (Computer Guy), who fights with the trio, tries to get in between of Rosco and Eve. He also says to Eve, that she will eventually fall in love with him and of course, she assures Rosco, that she feels nothing for CG. And boom, at the end the music video, there is a plot twist. Computer Guy is elderly Rosco from the future. Remember this one.
Then we have Neon. Struggles start again. They are broken, everything falls apart (Broken) maybe it even gets physical? (Grinder, though this is again, a stretch). As we see at the end of the Broken, it results in Kandi leaving.
Now, we're not sure about chronology, right? Maybe Kandi is away till the end of Neon's 'action'? As she is alone, she is thinking. I mostly mean Hi-Lights. It maybe a stretch once more, but while reading the lyrics for the first time in a year (or more), my first thought was 'Wow, she has realized, that she has feelings for one of them'. Something tells me, that Eve is more possible as an object of this affection, because Kandi totally has gay energy and the term 'beautiful' (phrase 'beautiful faces') is used for women more than for men (at least, that's what I've observed, as non-native speaker of English). Other things she may have realized are, in my opinion: that the situation between Rosco and Eve really upsets her, that she has her own problems and she is broken herself or the feelings theory, but with Rosco. Something tells me, she was high, though idk for sure. I'm not sure, which of the girls sings Wires (tbh, I'm not sure, how to interpret this one) and Release, but they suit both Kandi and Eve in this theory.
Meanwhile, Eve and Rosco stayed wherever they were before and are still conflicted, both in their relation and in their minds (Epoch on Rosco's side, Wires, Release and Sweet (EP) on Eve's). Then they try again, decide to start from the beginning (All Smiles), get Kandi back, etc. And that will be a 'plot' behind Black Plastic.
That's an optimistic one, they may also decide to just end it all and let one another to live their own life, away from the rest.
But as I said before, Computer Guy is important in this one. What if, during the plot of Black Plastic, something goes wrong and something very, very bad happens to Eve (like death)? Or maybe actually Grinder happens here? As their situation was still shaky, Rosco probably blames himself and does everything to prevent it, working on time machine, becoming a Computer Guy and trying to get in between of him and Eve back in Red era, because he thinks, that if she wasn't with him, nothing would have happened.
Where is Kandi in all this? Well, I'm not sure. Maybe they didn't get her back, before whatever has happened, happened? Maybe (her being high part) something destroyed her before they managed to do that? Maybe, when Rosco went crazy about whatever has happened to Eve, their friendship just fell apart? Or least probable, she is one of Computer Guy's 'ladies'? Idk.
Now, I actually have a hard time interpreting Wires and Sweet. They just look really complicated to me, maybe because English isn't my first language.
I don't know, where to put Angles (maybe pre-crisis or next to All Smiles?), The Roll and Searchers (as I don't have lyrics).
And one more thought on Release. Most of the song is just a phrase “Rosetta stone” on a loop, right? I guess, everyone knows that, but Rosetta stone was a stone found by Napoleon's soldiers, that made it possible to people of modern times to read hieroglyphs. So maybe in Black Plastic we will get our “Rosetta Stone”, explaining all of these?
I ignored Eve's hair, although that may be a little bit of a hint of how the time works.
It was a loose theory, I hope, you enjoyed it. I'm mostly posting this, so when Black Plastic comes out, I can compare it to what actually is there.
