Human Interest leads us down a path of minimalist mood in the beginning of “Mixing Paint” with just female vocals, some spare drums and bass. But it feels like something is brooding on the horizon. The lyrics create an image of desperate anticipating muted of necessity and given one possible slang meaning of “mixing paint” the imagery of checking one’s phone, being restless and having disturbed sleep maybe the first two thirds of the song are a buildup to consummating a relationship and sating that desire and the final minute of the song with its cutting loose into fiery distorted rock and roll is the indulging of the poetically described impulses in the first part. Overall the song is reminiscent of The Kills and its own fusion of blues rock and post-punk and a union of brooding atmospherics and scorching catharsis in rendering a primal urge into art. Listen to “Mixing Paint” on YouTube and follow Human Interest on Instagram.
Queen City Sounds and Art 
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