Sun Way Street – “Microscopic Heart”
Irish / American duo Steven Eli and Leor Manelis, aka Sun Way Street, return with the brooding and immersive “Microscopic Heart.”
“Microscopic Heart” is a track that is a triumph that deepens with every listen, once again underlining how great Sun Way Street are at creating emotional, atmospheric rock. It moves with the grace of blending the sounds of bands like The Black Keys, Radiohead, Basciville and Elbow. It also shows Sun Way Street in a dirtier, more free-form mode, pushing the anthemic into a rich and strange world in a way that is mature and intelligent.
The track ebbs and flows in ways that you wouldn’t expect. One moment intimate and melancholic, dripping with feelings of solitude, the next rising to gargantuan proportions. Driving this forward is the ominous stumbling beat of the drums and the slow, inevitable, pulse of staccato piano that is pushed grandiosely into reverb. At no point does Sun Way Street reach for the obvious buttons to push. For instance, the sublime counterpoint of euphoria when the beautifully vivid guitar solo hits. You feel like you are following human emotion as it briefly dwells on nostalgia.
This musical arc strikingly and elegantly conveys a story of the emotions that flow from the revelation that one is ensnared by selfish love. But it is the vocal that truly animates the composition. Embraced by harmonies that underline emotional turmoil. It is delivered with sincerity and soulfulness. You feel like you are listening to a man who is revealing the mysteries of his heart and describing them with a poetic accuracy of the abyss.