Synth Single Review: “As the World Turns’’ by DRUMxWAVE & Beachdolls

 by Karl Magi 

DRUMxWAVE & Beachdolls’ “As the World Turns” is an expression of abiding love and commitment. Tentatively trembling synth textures vibrate alongside colossal drums, while an illuminating guitar carries a caressing melodic line. Warmth swells as Jessica Ess’ honeyed vocals embrace the dreamy lyrics with affection.

DRUMxWAVE’s beat sets a solid pulse as Brian Skeel’s ringing guitar shines with encouraging brilliance. Ess’ silken voice captures deep emotional engagement, while DRUMxWAVE’s vocals express care and connection. The chorus encapsulates the passionate links between the song’s characters.

Underneath it all, rhythmic underpinnings provide conviction. As the voices intertwine, they complement one another and the song slides gently to its end on smoothly undulating tones.

The first narrator describes the second narrator’s voice as “a beacon of light in the dark.” As the ashes fell around her, they struck the ground and lit sparks. She goes on to say that “when the sky fell upon us, I was staring into your eyes.” Their bodies collided, with “life as we know it on a Saturday night,” the thunder and the silence making it feel like a dream, followed by the reminder that “one last touch could be the end of me, my love.”

“Take my hand, I want you to love me as hard as you can,” is what the first storyteller says to the second, adding that “maybe when it’s over and it ends, we can begin again.” She points out that when everything burns, she’ll keep on running “as the world turns as fast as it can.” She goes on to say, “As far as we know, there’s no tomorrow.”

As structures crumbled around them, the second narrator met the first on a Saturday evening, “on our moonlit getaway.” He doesn’t know her name, but they’re out of time, and now “we’re making love in the ruins under the city lights.”