by javier on Wed Sep 29, 2021 3:41 am
Another great article - I enjoyed it far more than the track it discusses!
To me, Fire In The Forest is a very weak Sylvian ballad.
Compared to the beauty and emotional resonance of Darkest Dreaming, The First Day, Damage and many others before, it sounds simplistic and repetitive in melody, almost childlike, and with a detached and distant feeling. None of the immersive enveloping sound of his previous work. I feel no warmth nor gentle epic quality. It just doesn't touch the heart, lift one up or transport the emotions to the same extent.
I don't think it's only the melody that's lacking, but also the production. All of Blemish has a somewhat direct, crisp, cool feeling. Technically of course it is well-produced, but there's a hard edge to everything, this included.
I just don't get the love for this song at all.