But We Just Said Goodbye

Faye Webster “Right Side of My Neck”

“Right Side of My Neck” is a song about the early days of a romance, one in which the infatuation is strong, and very much requited. There’s no anxiety to this song, just a confident bliss and anticipation for more just moments after separating. There’s no sense of gravity in the arrangement – the sounds seem to float in mid-air as Faye Webster sings like someone whose head is in the proverbial clouds. Listening to this song without experiencing the same feelings makes one long for this feeling in real life, but also get a contact high from it. Webster and her band distill this specific feeling so accurately that it can be sort of abstract sort of calm, relaxed joy. It’s a bit like the art of perfume, really, which is appropriate given that scent is such a big part of the song’s beautifully evocative chorus: “The right side of my neck still smells like you.”

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