When You Stop, I’ll Stop, Okay?

A Sunny Day In Glasgow “Drink, Drank, Drunk”

The most surprising part of this song comes at the very beginning — a clear, bold lead vocal in a Sunny Day In Glasgow song! As the song moves along, we get back into their comfort zone of soft-focus haziness. It’s a gentle slide from lucidity to dreaminess, and the shifts in the composition mirror the progression in the title. The lyrics follow a similar path — they start off very assertive and direct, attempting to talk someone out of bad behavior, but as the song gains momentum and layers of sound, the words become more emotional and vulnerable. Eventually, it’s just feelings without words, inarticulate longing and complexity rendered in sad, beautiful, epic music. It’s a very clever piece of music, and another fine example of why Ben Daniels is the most interesting and inventive artist working in the shoegazer genre.

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