See What You Put Me Through

Rose of the West “Come and Find Me”

“Come and Find Me” makes lyrical nods to Tina Turner’s “What’s Love Got to Do with It” and Aretha Franklin’s “Respect,” but musically the reference points are all late 80s goth and the darker edges of dance pop. Gina Marie Barrington and her collaborators inhabit a very familiar vibe here without aping any song in particular, emulating specific tones and settings but bending it all into something with a distinctive shape. Barrington’s lyrics deliberately blur the lines between love song and political song, presenting any variation on human relationships as a question of love and respect – ie, if you’re not getting the respect, is it really the love at all?

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