Struggling With His Personal Demons of Anxiety and Self-Doubt, James Walker Overcomes Both Through the Gentle Momentum of the Hazy Melody of “Sane”

JamesWalker2_sm — James Walker, photo courtesy the artist

James Walker strikes a deeply introspective note at the beginning of “Sane” with a simple and dusky melodic synth figure. When his vocals come in accompanied by a hazy drone and flute-like arpeggiation and he sings of running from himself in a fit of anxiety, critical self-examination and self-alienation with which he struggles with a resolve he has to talk himself into. Sub bass gives the track a sense of movement while much of it is gauzily gorgeous atmospherics representing the fog one can get in when trapped in your own thoughts and that is what reinforces that part of the narrative that holds on to the will to overcome one’s tendency to shoot oneself I the foot. It’s an interesting contrast that lends what could otherwise be a simple though emotionally complex song a bit of stylistic depth. Listen to “Sane” on Spotify and follow James Walker at the links below.