The first triangle: Finding comfort and safety “in your eyes”
“In Your Eyes,” a song about making meaningful connections with loved ones after losing your memory is driven equally by content and composition. Barren soundscapes and trembling vocals give way to lush, vibrant instrumental breaks.
The song’s verses – which are delivered over an eerie guitar line and punctuated by words like “photograph”, “flash”, “sharp lines” and “wrong mind” – convey a sense of uncertainty, but its choral chorus, “You Look Familiar” opens on a warm instrumental break, with guitars, drums and keyboards capturing the visceral comfort of familiarity that, for those experiencing memory loss, can sometimes be difficult to convey through language.
The song, premiered today in INDY website, is the latest publication from The Pinkerton Raida Durham-based band whose sound falls somewhere between the introspective indie folk of Iron & Wine and the experimental noise of Adult Jazz.
“In Your Eyes” is inspired by the frontman Jesse James DeContolate grandfather, who developed dementia late in his life.
‘You look familiar,’ he’d say,” says DeConto. “He didn’t always know people and he didn’t always know where he was or why he was there. So ‘you look familiar’ was his little joke. What he says is basically, ‘I don’t remember exactly what our relationship is, but I feel safe – I feel like I’m good.’
Pinkerton Raid will perform “In Your Eyes” and other tracks from their upcoming album, The highway moves the worldIN The Pinhook in Durham on December 9. Stream the track below.
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