Quiet Takes and the esoterica of "MBC" (Official Lyric Video)

 

source / photo by shawn brackbill   "you knew I'd be lonely after it"

Quiet Takes' dreamy landscape of "MBC" feels ultimately so beautiful but somewhat unhinged too. It can't help but be beautiful, the falling stair stepping deep resonant synth chords with tribal drums and Sarah Magill's exquisitely layered lush, hushed vox are pervasive in it's pretty otherworld-ness. The feeling is soothing but with tension and, maybe, Magill is running down that hill (there is a faint Kate Bush reflection here). To me, part of the beauty here is like that of a beautiful worn gate that you step through everyday fully realizing and appreciating that that the latch sticks from time to time and the hinges are a bit offset. This oddness (and I love odd things and songs) is framed in Magill's wonderful lyrics here. They are more comprised of snips of sentences or phrases like that of a hostage letter and they do, in the end, make sense but each listen might make different sense. This esoteric poetic nature combined with such deep beauty is pretty, pretty stunning.

"I gotta mind what's mine"

"MBC" is from Quiet Takes' recently released EP "San Fidel". QT is the solo project of Sarah Magill based out of Kansas City, Missouri which is kind of funny because the entire EP has that "mommy, we're not in Kansas (City) anymore.." vibe. Amazing, divergent stuff (as opposed to fluff).

-Robb Donker Curtius

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On "San Fidel" Midwestern introvert Sarah Magill wraps threads of intimate, soft-focus synth-pop, minimal breaks, and uplifting piano ballads snugly around our bruised psyches. Her languid, captivating vocals slide gracefully from woozy coo to ethereal shimmer. As Magill calls it, Quiet Takes is “music for feelers.”

Artists often create work that proves prescient. With "San Fidel", Quite Takes has delivered a soundtrack to the process of learning to sit with loneliness and longing. While no one anticipated those would be lessons learned globally, we are luck to have San Fidel to help guide us through.

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