Non-Functional Harmony’s Ambient Modern Classical Piece “Days” is a Sustained Expression of Melancholic Emotional Solidarity

An unsettled, melancholic, almost resigned mood courses through Non-Functional Harmony “Days.” It’s nearly abstract, processed piano chords stream into the horizon and a simple string line like a pall over a desolate space drifts in and through the soundscape in seeming mournful resonance about uncertain and perilous times. There is a palpable sense of loss in the track that looms even more when the vocal sounds bloom in cold sonic colors, slowly expanding arcs of tone like penitents seeking mercy from a seemingly hopeless situation for which they don’t know the reason for their suffering. It’s a moving song and while it doesn’t offer false hope or faint fires of resistance it expresses a feeling like one will have to gird oneself against a wave of darkness in the world for awhile even after what feels like years of struggle and sustained perseverance. And yet there is a comfort in its sounds through a spirit of emotional solidarity. Listen to “Days” on Spotify and follow Non-Functional Harmony at the links below.