The Space Behind The Sky

Jockstrap “Concrete Over Water”

“Concrete Over Water” is a tricky song to write about in as much as a lot of the initial thrill of it is being genuinely surprised by the musical choices made along the way and I’d really rather not spoil that for you. But the arrangement is an ever-shifting thing in which the sections of the song feel like different physical locations, as though we’re following Georgia Ellery’s voice through some elaborate house or varied landscape. Another way of looking at this is that the music responds to her voice, which sticks to a coherent and steady melodic structure and is quite stunning in its natural beauty in a way that’s at odds with some of the more eccentric sounds that pass through the composition. When it comes down to it, this is a case where a band had a very lovely song that could have been played in a normal style but they went a few steps further and made something more strange, beautiful, and theatrical.

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