Having caught my attention last year with her wonderful cover of Bat For Lashes beautiful Laura, Sofi Gev is back with a new single in the form of Softspoken Eyes.
Softspoken Eyes blossoms with an organic-feeling blur of clicks and crackling instrumentation. Layered percussion and glitchy synth work provides texture to what is otherwise a distinctly naturalistic sound, guitars gently plucked as Gev’s vocal harmonies quiver in the air.
As the song progresses, Sofi hits upon a central vocal, layering vocals atop of one another. “Swallow the evidence”, she repeats, as she depicts the feeling of being infatuated with someone… An extreme desire to form a deeper connection becoming its own barrier, which only deepens the obsession.
The sophisticated layering and naturalistic aesthetic Gev deploys on Softspoken Eyes reminds me of the early work of Sia’s Colour The Small One, combined with the electronic-influenced folksy sounds of Norwegian musician Magnet. Regardless, Sofi has carved out an affecting and beautiful sound.