Fin Rah Zel - Closer

In his latest song ‘Closer’, which was funded by the NZ on Air
new music development fund, Brian Norton reflects on that often
conflicted and confusing experience of being young and male in a
world obsessed with image and having the cool factor.


In his opening lines, ‘he walks around with his head held high,
he wears a smile for the people passing by, covered in tattoos
with the cool shoes on’ he’s describing someone who looks all
fine, from the outside. It’s a tendency he notices among young
guys he observes around him at work and as a trainee builder
mentor, and even in himself. “You know, dressing up cool, making
things look real mean, wearing good brands - but sometimes there
are other things going on.”