S M O T R I T v L E S – Queen City Sounds and Art

S M O T R I T v L E S, photo courtesy the artists

S M O T R I T v L E S puts a lifetime of introspection and regretful wonder in just over two minutes with the single “I Only Wonder.” A slow breeze of acoustic and electric guitar and keyboards trace a flow of emotions while vocals that set a scene rooted in the kinds of sensory experiences that trigger deep memories buried over by the detritus of life in forward motion. It’s dream pop and has that kind of airy and spacious quality that allows emotions to open up in a way that makes the potential pain put away easier to process. But the song for all its expansiveness has a density of musical ideas from the instrumentation and the way each stream works in sync with each other in a loose dynamic that makes a song that seems to be about wishing one could go back to a time in a relationship when things didn’t get convoluted, a desire to perhaps travel back in time and live in that moment knowing that you can only live in today. And acknowledging that somewhere in your hear you’re stuck on some ridge, some wrinkle of emotional turmoil that makes it hard to move on from that moment where things headed in the wrong direction but knowing that one must find a way to lift oneself off that thorn in the psyche before you get old and aren’t as concerned with these trifles because so much of your life has been bled off holding onto something that someday won’t have as much significance. It’s a deep song about letting go but feels gentle and uplifting. Listen to “I Only Wonder” on YouTube and connect with S M O T R I T v L E S from Belarus at the links below.