Within This Maze

Seba Kaapstad “Don’t”

“Don’t” starts off sounding so harmonically and texturally rich in its first 30 seconds that I wouldn’t have minded if it just vamped in that mode for a couple minutes or so. From there it only gets more elegant and lovely as the song glides from groovy verse to weightless chorus, and then into an extended instrumental coda led by violin. This is a remarkably ambitious piece of music, but even in spite of a string coda and some heavy lyrics about the state of the world, it mostly just sounds smooth and effortless. It’s all feel and feelings, and the odd contours of the composition only really stand out if you’re looking at it from a distance.

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