“Where We Live” is Born Days’ Ray of Light in the Fog of Personal Darkness

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Born Days, photo courtesy the artist

“Where We Live” is the kind of song that is able to tap into the pleasure centers reached by both 80s inspired minimal synth and the retrofuturist pop of an Alice Glass. The multiple rhythms running throughout the song let each minimal layer shine and the vocals to resonate in all their melancholic glory. There is an iciness to the melody suggesting creative gestation through the winter months and fully manifesting the music as the days get longer but still in the grips of the mood that inspired the writing of the beautifully desolate arpeggios and the breathily introspective vocals that illuminate the dark hues of the song with a ray of hope. Look for the Where We Live EP out Oct 4 through Rain Heart Records.

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