This song is for the tranquil moments: the feeling after the dust settles on a hazardous day, the inner sanctum as the natural positive energies pull outwards at each guitar strum, the hello kiss, the gentle landing, the love crime.
Secret Cities made their sophomore album in a basement in Kansas City in three months. They made their first single off of it, "Love Crime," in the depths of a house, separate from the hustle of street level, with poetic pauses and shifts in the gentle tapping of percussion and transition of chords. They made a vehemently passionate phrase, love crime, into a sweet melody that resonates with your emotions. Listen to it above if you want to test that statement out, then you snag for keeps below. Strange Hearts comes out March 29, and you can look at its tracklisting here:
01 Always Friends
02 Ice Cream Scene
03 The Park
04 Love Crime
05 No Pressure
06 Pebbles
07 Strange Hearts
08 Interlude
09 Brief Encounter
10 Forest of Love
11 Portland
(via Stereogum)