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Performing “Lejos De Ti,” a melancholic Spanish ballad, the four-piece band brought a storm of faux snow to the desert to match the winter mood.

“Salvation” offers a similar mix of melancholic, empowering and sensual lyricism.

Complete with a soft percussion, cinematic chimes and heart-wrenching lyricism, listening to this track feels like waking up from a melancholic dream.

Operettas became more melancholic and activist, merging into everything from the Brecht-Weill theater to the modern musical.

But a strange, melancholic case of timing ameliorates the documentary’s primary flaw: It didn’t tell us anything we didn’t already know.