“See Right Through” (Mystery Friends song)

MysteryFriends_PastAndFutureSelf_crop — Mystery Friends, *Past & Future Self* album cover (cropped)

The jaunty pace of “See Right Through,” the lead track from Mystery Friends’ debut album Past & Future Self, lends the song a freshness and charm that made all those C86-era and Sarah Records songs endlessly listenable. Combining a breeziness of tone with introspective and confessional lyrics, “See Right Through” reveals a vulnerability and personal resilience that is always a winning alchemy in pop music because everyone feels sensitive about so much in life and we get hurt or feel exposed and yet we have to find our peace with it and, if the situation calls for it, the strength to work through our insecurities and failings. Less synth-driven than some of the other songs on the record, this composition is given some of its dynamic buoyancy by Robbie Lee’s treble-y and melodic bass line that is the ideal counterpoint to Abby Sevcik’s luminous vocals. Listen to the single below and follow the DC band at the links provided.