Synth Single Review: Anne Clark’s “Poem Without Words” covered by Montse Torres

by Karl Magi

Montse Torres’ cover of Anne Clark’s “Poem Without Words” moves through deep emotional waters, an upwelling of profound peace accompanied by a worshipful aura, floating in on a wide-spectrum bass flow. A piano tide rises with impressionistic grace as percussive underpinnings join powerful currents sweeping below, while the melodic line fills me with a growing welter of love, loss, and contemplative engagement.

Piano notes dance, tripping in a lithe pattern, creating a mixture of tragedy and hope that permeates my heart with its complex, interlocking feelings. Descending tones hover like petals carried on an oceanic flow, a broad pool of bass adding to the impressions of aquatic tranquility. Circling piano tones shift smoothly, encouraging contemplation and a release of tension. Synth strings slide with ethereal elegance, creating sensations of oceanic water full of serene strength. A gliding synth breeze slips past as the rhythmic underlayer drives into silence.