Chairlift fills this song with articulate words that give the vocal a punchy weight but sways into a croon mid word and then back for the next line. It creates an incredibly pleasant groove and particularly catches my ear as soon as the vocals come in with a slight synthesized guitar and sparse percussion. The swing to the song is cemented after the intro by the bass and horns that come in, giving the song an an image of a midnight cafe to me. One frequented by night walkers and vagabonds but where the bustles of daily community still persist. Perhaps I’m overthinking it, but it feels about right to me. The break in the song for “everybody just calm the fuck down” simply makes me imagine that someone somewhere just wants the city’s heart to sit in silence for but a peaceful minute. I can sympathize, most of the time I crack a smile at it. Chairlift dropped the entirety of their Moth LP earlier last year. Stylistically and thematically I feel as though the album cover is particularly befitting so if it catches your eye you might give the whole album a listen. It’s a bit of a calm and arguably more sophisticated take on indie pop given. There are rough synths and flowing melodies but in addition more classical instrumentation and gritty backing tones. My favorites are probably Ottawa to Osaka and Ch-Ching alongside Polymorphing, but I’m quite fond of the album in general. I like to put it on when I’m writing because it’s not too in your face but still has complicated lyrical components and a certain sass to its sound that’s really pleasant to tune in and out to between furious bursts of though and typing.

TL;DR The word polymorphing comes off the tongue like a rubix cube. The song comes off about the same, just as I imagine Chairlift intended. It’s clean, but complicated, and definitely signature.

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