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Duendita “Open Eyes”

The musical elements of “Open Eyes” are always shifting but there’s still a sense of stillness to it, as though no movement could disrupt its equilibrium for more than a few seconds. As the song progresses it moves towards a powerful feeling of peacefulness, not necessarily in a lack of tension but in conveying patience and acceptance. Duendita sings with a voice that acknowledges turmoil and traumas, but she sounds as though she’s filtering out the dark feelings in an effort to get to a more pure state of grace. At the end of the song when her voice starts getting digitally warped it’s almost as though she’s singing in tongues, though I think it feels more psychedelic.

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