The Most Serene Bedroom Synth Pop and almost more sketch than song; vamping for four minutes, doing just the shyest strut. Hushed vocals like two tired young parents mumbling into the microphone between late-night feedings, trying not to wake the sleeping baby next door. Precious but not twee and almost painfully emotionally guarded, “Rare” prods at a feeling it seems unable to articulate, settling at last for its vague mantra: Deep in the heart, deep in the heart.
It charms with the clever care of its craftmanship though: the gentle syncopation woven throughout, the vocal melody dancing on tip-toe through the open spaces just behind the song's insistent low-light pulse; the immaculate, velvet clarity of the production. And then building confidence in its second half, it ventures a few humble rock-star moves, slo-mo synth solo on the bridge, layering vocals with soaring falsetto runs in the coda, until, oops -- we woke the baby, song's over.
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