Springworks takes a bit of a turn toward the retrofuturistic with “Faraday Eyes.” It’s a song about the ways sophisticated technology can at first seem like a convenience before it can become obviously a tool of control. When too much is in the control of a central authority or a corporation or two it becomes too easy to systematize oppression in a coordinated way that potentially affects all areas of life with network effects. Technology reporters including Corey Doctorow have reported extensively on aspects of how big tech through monopoly and monopsony have impacted so much of our daily lives and aim to stretch further at first to seem like a convenient boon but locking everyone into an economic pathway that isn’t necessarily in everyone’s best interest unless you’re the company profiting. The song itself and the music video make use of vintage yesteryear technology imagery to make this point, including referencing the godfather of electromagnetic science Michael Faraday in the title, with playful creativity and with sounds that one would normally hear in a more vintage psychedelic rock or pop song to comment on a modern problem with the aesthetics of a previous era. But this time the band sounds like its channeling 90s Britpop and psych garage at once into a modern New Wave and post-punk fusion, an apt sound for a song examining complex modern issues from a different angle. Watch the video for “Faraday Eyes” on YouTube and follow Springworks at the links provided.
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