Today marks the release of the dreamily melodic new single, from Becca Harvey, the Atlanta-based music musician behind girlpuppy. ‘Windows’, released via Captured Tracks, details the pain of a suburban heartbreak, and the feeling of life now being littered with reoccurring reminders of a past love. ‘Windows’ wistfully recalls the impossibility of untangling two lives, which were once so inextricably linked.
With outward references to one of girlpuppy’s favourite songs, Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Silversprings’, ‘Windows’ is a crescendo, not only emotionally, but musically also. A blossoming groundswell of guitar and percussion serves to embolden girlpuppy, as she conveys an ever-observable sense of hope, even in the face of such a separation. The twinkling piano notes at the end of the single mark a newfound sense of optimism, perhaps even a sense of liberation. After all, ‘Windows’ is described by girlpuppy’s friend Tom, who plays bass and piano on the track, as ‘the most girlpuppy’ song he’s ever heard’. And he’s right, in the best possible way.
Of the track, Harvey states;
My friend Tom (who plays bass and piano on the track) describes ‘Windows’ as ‘the most girlpuppy song he’s ever heard.’ I’m in love with this song instrumentally because it reminds me of Yo La Tengo, who I was listening to so much of while making this single. ‘Windows’ is about the sadness of a breakup and how no matter how hard you try, you still find things that remind you of your past partner and you know they’re going through the same thing.
Through Harvey’s soft, honey-laced vocals, ‘Windows’ acts as a vessel for outward introspection. It embodies the all too common feeling of attempting to accept what once was, knowing it shan’t be the same again. Perhaps ‘Windows’ will also prompt listeners to embark on some outward introspection of their own, to the soundtrack of glittery guitar.
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