Pressed Up Against The Wall

Activity “Where the Art is Hung”

Travis Johnson’s arpeggiated guitar in “Where the Art is Hung” has an interesting weight to it – light enough to feel like an object floating in the breeze, but dense enough for that to feel like something that shouldn’t be happening. There’s a distinct supernatural vibe going on here and it only intensifies when Jess Rees starts singing, sounding like a ghost passing through the mix. The most impressive part of this song is that as the percussion builds to a climax it doesn’t change the implied density of the music at all. The drums sound as though they’re trying to keep a spirit in place, like a vain attempt to set a perimeter around something that can’t be contained.

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