‘Sometimes They Look At You’, is a pummelling electro banger that – once it’s grabbed your attention – ends up somewhere between Drexciya and Kate Bush.
These seemingly disparate influences are actually the perfect representation of what the song is all about.
“I came away from a conversation with someone and wondered why we always seemed to have crossed wires. It was like nothing each of us said ever landed with the other,” explains Maria. “I realised it was because I was talking from a place of possibilities and they were talking from a place of absolutes; two very different languages. Of course we weren’t going to understand each other!
“‘Sometimes They Look At You’ is basically just an acknowledgment of that; no judgement, just recognising that language and communication is so much more than the words that come out of your mouth.”
credits
released September 4, 2023
Written, produced and mixed by Maria Uzor.
Mastered by Dean Honer.
Published by Mute Song.
Photography by Andi Sapey.
Artwork by Maria Uzor.
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Being a child in the 70s and early 80s had a certain spookiness to it. Spirits seemed more readily available. I recall a homesickness which would haunt me even then, as if I were from another place entirely. Life's a mystery which childhood makes even worse, so let us revisit it in all its haunting creepiness.
Who are the "pocket pavilions"? I can find nothing more other than this one song, and it's a very good tune I really enjoy. Fire of Renewal
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Luxurious textures, oscillating tones and cavernous spaces explored through shifting signatures and percussive patterns. Some tracks more like stems or vignettes. Permeated with beautiful influences like Donato Dozzy - there is no higher compliment. Bravos. Strongly recommended. holobiont
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