A Beautifully Approached Single from Glimtvis
- BuzzSlayers
- Mar 6
- 4 min read
Glimtvis is back with a new release that definitely gives off a bit of a cinematic undertone with this sort of natural flow beneath the surface and a bit of a drive as well, mostly coming from the percussion, but it also has an overlaying edginess that's really a little different from their usual stuff.
This single is something that expresses a lot of sentiment that people can really relate to, depending on their situation. One of the things I love about it is how descriptive the lyrics can be, so that you're getting the full story from a very personal perspective, and you can completely understand the meaning of it all.
This is a track that talks about falling in love with someone but not wanting to admit it. Or, at least that's how I interpreted it.
It's about feeling the sensation of being in love with someone, but not letting your heart open up to it. Maybe it's because of fear from previous broken hearts, or just getting hurt in general, but either way, you can tell that it's right around the corner, or it's already there, but you just don't want to believe it.
Being in love can be quite a scary thing. If you've been hurt before, you felt the pain of heartbreak, you don't want to let people in. Sometimes you can't really help it, though.
Again, this is how I took the song in. Others may interpret it a little differently but for me the sentiment was right there.
I found this track to be quite vulnerable, which is nothing new for the group. They always come up with lyrics that give pieces of themselves as people.
These are great storytellers, and this song is an amazing example of how they're able to portray something with emotion and an authenticity that just sort of oozes out of everything.
"I Wish I Was In Love" is absolutely gorgeous from start to finish. It does have that cinematic feel, and a lot of that has to do with the depth and layers that are created.
There are drifting, beautiful vocals that are sort of floating through the ether of the track, giving it more of that depth, and the entire thing really just feels genuine, and can really swallow you up.
The track has both male and female vocalists flowing through it at all times, giving a really consistent and memorable set of melodies and harmonies, and a lot of the time, as I just mentioned, some of the vocals are used almost like instruments themselves.
This gives the song more.
The percussion and bass guitar really drive the song forward. It's got a great rhythm, very pop-oriented, so it's catchy and memorable, with that coating of pop sensibility there, but it also doesn't hold back from having heart.
I love a song that humanizes people. We listen to a song like this, and we remember certain elements of our own lives, at times. This is the connective part of the song, and how that humanizes us when we hear it is that it lets us feel how we felt when this was going on.
Just having the element of being afraid of getting a broken heart is brilliant. The way it's portrayed in the song is a little different than normal, and although it is straightforward, again, it's very detailed, so you get a lot of those inner thoughts and feelings that come right out.
When you pick up on all of that, as the song unfolds, you end up really relating and connecting with it in a specific way.
The progression changes are outstanding, especially when it gets towards the chorus part of the song, there are some great changes that I didn't expect so they felt really cool when I heard them the first time, especially.
During those course sections, there's a little bit of a heavy rock guitar that comes into play, and that adds a little bit more edge to everything, and also helps build on that emotional aspect of the song.
This works for me because I understand that that edginess sort of helps display some of the frustration of the situation.
When you're in that situation, it sort of takes over your mind. You're unable to think about a lot of other things in life. It all feels blocked off, and because you're focusing on this one thing and trying to work it out, it can be very frustrating. Those heavier, rock-feeling guitars sort of help that sentiment get pushed forward more.
So, you can tell there was a lot of thought that went into it, not just the progression, really, but more the emotional aspect. The way that they use instruments to help push certain kinds of emotion to the forefront is borderline brilliant, and that's one of the things I adore about this group.
I'm obviously not new to Glimtvis. A lot of their music is outstanding with plenty of surprises and emotion, but this one just comes through a little differently. I feel like it's one of the more cinematic songs that they've delivered so far.
So, take a deep dive into this one, and you'll see exactly where I'm coming from.
Remember where you heard it first.
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