![]() The “crop circles on the carpet” and “oily marks appearing on the walls” refer to impressions left when furniture or photographs have been removed from a home after somebody has moved out. However, some quick glosses reveal the piece as a lot tighter, more coherent and more poetically dense than it might seem at first listen. And she doesn’t alter her voice because of an inability to sing, she does it because she’s an artist. The vocoder and mixing carve up the flow and pacing of the language (this is from the heyday of “screwing and chopping” after all, although this song isn’t part of that movement). The images pulled from the singer’s experience aren’t explained in the context of the song, so they evoke a mood before a message. ![]() ![]() Imogen Heap’s song feels vague and dissociative by design. Surprise lesson learned: Google image searching Imogen Heap is one of the more fun ways to spend five minutes on the Internet. ![]()
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