Mentioned in Dispatches: Passing – Us ≠ Them

Passing is a perfect example of a song that builds in atmosphere and anticipation along a slow, relentless, relatively shallow sonic gradient. It slowly burns its way to a slightly more ornate and weighty plateau by the end of the song, but isn’t the sort of dynamic that wanders peaks and troughs, explores sonic lulls and sky-searing crescendoes, not much anyway

But that is its beauty. As you listen, you constantly await the explosive pay-off when the song throws caution to the wind and crashes and resolves with incendiary deliveries. But it never happens, not in an obvious way. Instead, it is only when you look back, that you you realise just how far you have come. Passing is about enjoying the journey rather than anticipating the destination. And what an incredible journey it is. No? Well, play it again, then. And again. And again, until you get it! You will get it, you will see that I’m right.