Music - as with many things - desires context, for example soft strings may be used to enhance the delicacy of a moment or perpetual drums could be layered to create a sense of urgency.
Whatever the circumstances may be they are used to empower the desired effect, and I believe the context of John Daly’s “Everlasting” is what I'm missing. I can’t seem to place the song in an environment. And it shouldn't bother me where or when it’s played; but I can’t think of a time in which I’d want to hear it.
Not that there is anything particularly wrong with the track; it has a steady easy to listen to rhythm, which is just complex enough to keep my interest but not so much to distract me from the other elements. The ongoing synth in the foreground really paint a beautiful melodic picture, again very simple but with just enough detail to prevent it from becoming boring.
The track has enough evolution and development to really induce you into waiting for the next section, and the next and so on; which is somewhat mesmerising.Especially when you look in detail at what is actually happening; which in short is very little. Small fades ins and outs meshed slowly together very carefully. It’s very obvious Jon Daly has put a great deal of thought into arrangement of this piece and it moves seamlessly.
That being said it does live up to the title of “Everlasting”, the feeling of “will this ever end”I very much present and the track does go on for far longer than desired, teetering on the edge of stale by the end; in addition to that the reverb used on the hi-hat in the background is quite off putting and has a slight overproduced vibe.
Overall I’d say “Everlasting” is OK but difficult to contextualise for me which hinders the enjoyment.
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Scott Hamilton
