Arriving with the kind of upbeat percussion and soft synth pads that quicken my pulse, Eyes First is a song about falling head over heels for someone from the first moment you see them.
Eyes First is the latest single from new artist Sad Alex. Pursuing her art through not just her music, but also through drawing, Sad Alex has taken to producing the artwork for her releases by her own hand. Together with Grayson Foster, Sad Alex has turned in a song that bubbles with the excitement and energy of a kind of irresistible attraction. It is the kind of obsession where the more you get to know someone, the more it feels like they are the perfect match for you.
Embracing a kind of 80s plastic sheen, I can’t help but feel buoyed by Eyes First’s desperate affection, where even the pain it describes only exists because of how wonderful something feels it could be. Together, Foster and Sad Alex have made a pretty great little pop song, and I’m here for it.