the_slow_drug raze something in this unassuming sonic stew will always make me think of you. it's not the strange synthetic sigh she's threaded through it all and buried in the mix. it's not whatever archaic keyboard she's turned to for a stale string sound that isn't even trying to rub shoulders with what's real. it's not the narrow bandwidth of her voice or the thick hiss that holds it. it's not the way the song feels like filler on first blush but keeps a straight razor tucked between its teeth and cuts me open when i least expect it to. maybe it's just the way it's brave enough to be beautiful when the thin gruel of its groan shouldn't amount to much. it gives me time to learn to love it and fades away when i want it to stay. maybe that's all there is. 260624 what's it to you? who go blather from