Sometimes it feels like modern music is in a rush to connect – like it has to be, because attention spans won’t stand for anything else. Real art and music isn’t made that way though. It emerges from a creative space of contemplation and expression, an unconfined desire to understand either oneself or the world at large.
So, when you hear something that rather fearlessly takes its time to develop, which captures a sense of calm and space and invites you into that, before presenting a beautifully written and performed song, it’s absolutely worth holding onto.
fallift guide us into precisely that kind of song, by way of a blissfully mellow yet purposeful soundscape, and with lyrics and vocals that create a personal and honest space both uncertain and comforting.
The dynamic between the male and female vocal sound is sublime, and the song pierces through the noise of the industry at large in a way, simply be being a true representation of the longing and the search for connection at the heart of the writing.
At over six minutes in full, Questions I Can’t Ask is about as far from methodical pop songwriting as one could hope, but that doesn’t mean it sacrifices the satisfaction and appeal of the mainstream format. The melodic build up, the passion, the simple resolve and rhyming pattern of the hook, all makes sure to reground things and hold attention beautifully. It’s an evocative earworm on the one hand, an independent folk force of its own on the other. I look forward to hearing more from falllift.
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