My Heart’s In A Cage Tonight

79.5 “ooo”

I have spent a lot of time immersed in music from the early ‘80s and late ‘70s in the recent past, and I can say with reverence, enthusiasm, and some minor degree of authority that this song could pass as a vintage mellow R&B cut from that era. There are some tells – there’s no analog aura to it, and I’m reasonably sure it was recorded and mixed digitally. But the keyboard and guitar parts have the right tone and style, and capture a feeling distinct to that era that’s often lost when contemporary acts do pastiche. I realize this can sound like I’m damning this song with faint praise, or judging it entirely on period accuracy, but I should stress that this is a gorgeous and well-crafted piece of music. There’s an odd blend of emotions here too – swirls of lust and longing, but also a strange sense of inertia.

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