Mirjam Götschy’s video treatment for Miss Torsion’s “Too Close To See” lends a playfully dark fantasy element to the song. Which seems to be the appropriate for a mood for a song in which the narrator of the song addresses a friend or loved one who seems to lack the ability to be in the present instead caught up in an endless web of their own obsessions and projections upon the world around them to their own detriment. In the video Miss Torsion takes on the guise of a type of mystical being in various incarnations and as a disembodied presence dancing on a landscape of burning hills and a lush forest as she sings to the aforementioned indulger of personal fictions to “Wake up” from these dreams that don’t serve a creative vision so much but delusions that have a negative impact on the people in their lives. The title of the song cleverly suggests the concept of being too close to one’s ideas and creations to have an objective assessment as to their validity. It’s a serious message delivered with a dramatic flair as an eccentric pop song with a Gothic darkwave flavor but one that doesn’t overshadow how it’s also the kind of song one might hear at a Goth nigh or club and draw people to the dance floor. Fans of Lene Lovich and Gitane Demone will likely appreciate the song greatly.
Queen City Sounds and Art 
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