Back in June we wrote about ‘The Soft‘ by Edinburgh’s Slim Wrist (AKA Fern Morris and Brian Pokora), a single which introduced an ethereal, dramatic style somewhere between Sylvan Esso and Cocteau Twins. “A sound at once spacious and detailed,” as we put it. “Its glitching electronics washed with lush textures, the fragmented beat eventually making good on its promise to kick into rhythm as [Fern] Morris’s vocals soar above.”
With album Closer For Comforting coming next month, Slim Wrist have returned with brand new single, ‘Details’. The song represents another example of the pair’s uncanny ability to merge lush, unbroken textures with more restless beats, weaving a mood which resists the pure bliss of dream pop in favour of something more ambiguous. A rawness cutting through the haze, adding tension and weight.
“The starting point for the song was that insistent rolling kick,” the band explain. “Anchoring down the more ethereal vocal sample which pulses throughout, almost like it’s trying to contain it.” This sense of conflict sits at the heart of the track, the various elements competing with one another and bringing wider themes into focus. A tension between macro- and micro-level perspectives. Where details are an alluring subject, but also something to lose yourself within.
Artwork by Laura Meek