Wade is the newest release from Milwaukee’s dreampop outfit SSAANN. A lush fusion of shoegaze and dreamlike ambience, the track unfolds in a haze of soft vocals and shimmering textures, all haunting, delicate, and ephemeral, like a fading recollection completely lost in reverb.
Wade captures the delicate beauty and heartbreaking in-betweenness of revisiting what is unresolved while passing through the inner pain of facing the past.
Interspersed between regret, acceptance, and remembrance, its gauzy guitars and hushed melodies create a poignant mood, reflecting on what was said and the emptiness that ensued. The song's atmosphere moves and shifts, extending and collapsing like time itself.
The spare lyricism of the first half of the song gently dissolves into an instrumental coda, a swelling tide of emotion that engages in layers of tender nostalgia.
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