And Now It’s Over

Washed Out “So Hard to Say Goodbye”

An interesting thing about Washed Out is that the entire project – mostly music, but now also a “visual album” that goes along with the new record Mister Mellow – is seemingly designed to have its deepest resonance when you’re not fully paying attention to it. Ernest Greene is an expert at setting up a seductive vibe, but the music itself resists close attention. It’s like the music has a force field that deflects everything and bounces you back towards a groove, a feeling, an aesthetic. I get the sense that a lot of music that recedes into the background is made by artists who would actually like you to pay more attention, but this sounds like the work of a guy who wants nothing more than to blend into your good times. It’s the music a shy, anxious introvert makes to please chill, outgoing extroverts.

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