Review
On "Take Me to Sunrise," Justine Dorsey's vocals drift through cavernous reverb before a heavy, oscillating downbeat locks the groove into a glacial, widescreen stride. The arrangement gathers density gradually, wrapping ringing synthesizer arpeggios and muted electric strums around her sustained high register without rushing the arrival of the hook.
Across the record, producer Graham Epstein counterweights sunny, turn-of-the-millennium pop melody with the subterranean bottom end of Bristol-leaning trip-hop. Vinyl static and rolling breakbeats underpin "Promise (When You Go)," while distorted fuzz pushes "Metal" toward heavy alternative rock, only for Dorsey's agile phrasing to pierce cleanly through the noise.
Rather than stalling in retro pastiche, the sequencing shifts temperatures deliberately. Crisp acoustic picking drives "Do or Die," and the cassette-bleed brevity of "Secret Love Song" clears space for the slow-burn build of "Blind," where Epstein steps in to share lead vocal duties. By the time the title track rolls in, the duo’s balance of breakup ache and warm studio gloss achieves a drowsy, indelible glow.
