One listen and I’m not quite sure that just describing was the right thing. I think that what I’ve written works well enough as there’s a sense of the song, but I wonder if drawing out  something else would’ve worked better.

Bark Psychosis’ “Eyes and Smiles” is from Hex.

I hope you enjoy.

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Percussion lightly booms and sprays, and guitar comes in, drifting quietly, and they move together, and soon vocals come in and they too seem to drift. They seem, maybe not relaxed, but lacking desire to be anything more than they are.

Bass arrives and carries underneath as words draw long and quiet and sometimes a little louder. Something comes into the background, dispelling the space a little, and the vocals disappear, much like the bass did earlier. The guitar and percussion continue their dance and now find something else joining them, taking specific actions to move through the sound as it continues with its misery, regardless if said misery is actual, implied or imagined.

Bass and vocals return and the vocals continue their drift, and the percussion grows in fullness, keeping the drift steady, and guitar plays out its few notes, moving slowly and steady. Soon brass comes in, calling out, reaching and gently lashing, and it draws long and all grows quiet.

Bass is playing through the dark and guitar seems to float off of it in pieces. Brass draws long once more, as though a shadow that follows a little closer than it should. The guitar picks up in its notes; keys flow on through, moving with grace and perhaps detached. Percussion resumes its beat, vocals return and repeat a phrase, and brass becomes lively, calling and howling.

Guitar grows louder and perhaps more aggressive in its gentleness. Vocals loop, brass calls and squeals; bass, percussion and keys keep a steady bass and soon the percussion and guitar shift once more, becoming harder, more striking. The vocals distort and call out over it all, cutting into the sound, almost breaking the spell, breaking everything, looping and it all continues on, drifting, driving, shifting whilst remaining still and the percussion grows gentle, and sounds fade away, leaving the vocals and keys in the last moment as the song ends.