“Grey Eyes” by Gone Sugar Die Dissolves the Anxiety of Emotional Trauma in the Soothing Flow of Its Melodic Haze

GoneSugarDie1_sm — Gone Sugar Die, photo courtesy the artists

The descending keyboard line in Gone Sugar Die’s “Grey Eyes” is like a stylized series of raindrops in the melancholic melodic haze that runs through most of the song. The processed vocals shift slightly in tone and in echo so that it is easily takes on the role of omniscient observer. Lightly distorted synth swells mark time as the vocals relate what sounds like the story of a a girl with a troubled conscience with her sleep interrupted by anxiety. What the source of that nervous energy might be remains mysterious but the narrator of the song and the soothing, chill tones are aimed directly at dissolving those worries so that she can get some rest from a long stretch of emotional duress. The song hearkens back to the chillwave style of around a decade ago but with a more modern sheen in the production without sacrificing the emotional immediacy and introspection that much of that music excelled at evoking. Listen to “Grey Eyes” on YouTube and follow Gone Sugar Die, which includes members of The Bravery and The Cut Losses, at the links below.