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November 27th, 2018 5:10am

Puppy Love Butterflies


The Internet “Come Over”

Syd’s vocal performance on “Come Over” is low-key but very nuanced – she’s presenting herself as assertive and seductive, but she’s perceptive enough to figure out that her approach just isn’t working. She’s too pushy, or maybe too needy? Or maybe it’s just the wrong night. Maybe she’s reading too much into things. Maybe she’s getting flat-out rejected. She doesn’t verbalize any of that, but you can hear it in her voice when she’s singing even the most forward and confident lines in the song. Syd’s vulnerability is unmistakeable, and it’s nicely contrasted by the Steve Lacy’s rhythm guitar, which is funky in a firm and rigid sort of way. The groove sounds very certain, and as the song goes along and she seems less secure, the tone shifts subtly from seductive to desperate.

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