This song kicked my ass and left me lying exhausted in a pool of synthy melancholy the first time I heard it, and every listen since has continued to do a number on my brain with a minimalist package of warm and wavering synths, distant guitar echoes, and subtle siren-whines that pop up intermittently like whispering reminders of memories receding further and further into the past. An untamed sax springs to life near the end to add a dash of hope to the equation, but these six minutes feel like rewinding through an entire lifetime of lost love and lament.
Alexis Marsh, (one third of DYAN with Sam Jones and Daniel Dorff Jr.), gives us some context for the sounds:
“I wanted out of a relationship with a good man. And there was no explaining why. It was the opposite of what I expected from myself, breaking a promise so easily. And it all felt very dark - anger, impatience, but sorrow above all. So we went after a sound to reflect that - keeping the arrangement clear up until the saxophone solo sort of explodes to finish the song.”
Stay tuned for their debut album Looking For Knives, set for release on July 29th.
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