Synth Single Review: “desirable” by Love Spirals Downwards

by Karl Magi

Love Spirals Downwards’ “desirable” brings to mind late night cool and an atmosphere wreathed in smoke and full of desire as Ryan Lum’s guitar delivers relaxation with an easy going motion. The gentle rhythm moves with Anji Lum’s lustrous vocals, capturing the atmosphere of barely contained passion that permeates the words.

Echoing tones float into openness as the guitar creates blue illumination and almost whispered words add a sensual quality.The undercurrents of barely suppressed need grab me as Anji Lum catches the mood, her seductive voice floating out while Ryan Lum’s playing draws images of midnight attraction above the smooth beat. Layers of sound travel like smouldering gazes through a nightclub before the song ends.

It's clear to our storyteller that, "everybody wants you, everyone with eyes to see" as she points out that the song's subject is "just too desirable, even to a fool like me." Every head turns when the other person walks into a room and all conversation ends without a sound." Every boy and girl there falls at the other person's feet as they are "sending out their signals, being indiscreet like me."