EVENINGBIRD’S “LOOKED LIKE YOU” EXPLORES HUMAN NATURE
New Jersey native indie artist, Eveningbird, produced what she calls “human nature music,” articulating introspection and emotional vulnerability of craving to be seen and understood. Her most recent track, “Looked Like You,” captures the natural, soulful ache of missing someone.
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Opening with a faint shoegaze buzz of an electric guitar, the song immediately immerses the listener into what feels like a foggy memory. Her vocals are dreamy and slow, drifting above the surface, while crisp, electric guitar lines shine through the lyric breaks, offering a split moment of clarity as she thinks about the past. There’s a wistful echo as she sings:
“I saw someone I know / That someone looked like you”
The presence, or absence, of someone we care about becomes imprinted on strangers, where we are always looking for this person in others and continuously feeling the ache of incomparable memories. A trance-like sensation builds throughout as layers of vocals and guitars intertwine. Through a breathless refrain, she sings:
“Getting all excited when you’re in the room (Someone looked like you)”
The twisting perception creates emotional confusion and a sense of false hope, reflecting on the way we daydream about a future but slowly drift back into reality. Layers of vocal variety and an entrancing electric guitar transport the listener into a dream-like state of mind. As the track slows down into a distant echo, an acoustic guitar fades through the background like a fading memory, bringing closure or peace to these conflicting emotions. The ending feels like a moment of peace, of finally recognizing unresolved feelings and learning how to move on.
“Looked Like You” lingers like a memory, and Eveningbird recreates that numb and aching feeling of missing and losing someone through a slow and crisp dream-pop production. Her lyrics blur the nostalgic memories of the past and present, creating a plot twist of what reality looks like.
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