“When Wendy Eisenberg finally got Lasik surgery after a lifelong struggle against an assortment of ocular and vision-based afflictions, the resulting impact went far deeper than they perhaps expected […] Viewfinder emerges from within this new experience of the world, reckoning with exactly what it means to see and not to see, and how beauty and meaning are inherent within both experiences.” So we wrote of the Brooklyn-based improvisor and songwriter’s latest record, released via American Dreams last year. The song cycle followed this idea as far as it would go to push into the deepest questions, and made the list of our favourite releases of 2024 in the process. “How does our understanding of the physical world change according to our ability to visually perceive it?” as we continued. “And what about other planes—the emotional, spiritual and metaphysical?”
To celebrate signing with Joyful Noise Recordings, Wendy Eisenberg has now returned with a brand new standalone single ‘I Don’t Miss You’. Another example of their trademark mix of technical intricacy and intuitive improvisation, the song meditates on human connection from a novel perspective. For while many might examine the phenomenon from either its total presence (i.e. an intimate relationship) or absence (the total lack thereof), Eisenberg instead draws us into an ephemeral world of fleeting encounters. Bonds made and dissolved in short time, each of which carry the implicit possibility of a whole other life.
“This song was written during a period of my life when I was casually dating, which is a style of romance that does not come naturally to me (my tendency is to take things way too seriously for way too long),” Eisenberg explains. “The people entering and exiting my life were fascinating and complete worlds unto themselves, and the brevity of our connections felt like the world was holding a mirror to me and breathing on it—alternately reflective and opaque. Of course I miss them. I miss everyone I’ve ever met!”
