With "Words We Couldn't Say," In The Afterglow gives us a glistening, slow-burning release that very much feels like a memory you never really had and just can't seem to forget. Layered in ineffably bewitching combinations of indie rock, dream pop, and archetypal shoegaze textures, this newest single is at once a blur and an emotional catharsis.
Produced by British-Canadian producer Alfred Hermida, In The Afterglow further stretches the limits of musical genre to craft music that exists in a vacuum outside of time. "Words We Couldn't Say" is a quiet storm of mood, bathed in reverb and swirled guitar layers, every note reverberating with regret and what-if.
The song ponders the ghostly remnants of things left unsaid. And it's about the conversations that never took place, the apologies never offered, and the love lost along the way. The vocals, which are washed in dreamy melancholy and don't just sing so much as ache, gesture toward trying times in transit. The guitar solo blasts and shimmers in equal measure. They flit in and out of the mix, as fragments of thought are lost in the fog of memory.
But what makes this album exceptional is not the technical finesse or genre-hopping ambition but the raw, unadulterated humanity at its core. In a culture that is increasingly comfortable with noise and velocity, "Words We Couldn't Say" dares to choose a slower pace. It makes you listen to your regrets, feel the weight of silence, and perhaps even find a little beauty in sadness. Riding the line between classic shoegaze vibes and AI-pinched modern production, they're a distinct voice in Vancouver's ever-growing landscape. "Words We Couldn't Say" is a whispered afterglow of something once beautiful.
Reviewed by LyricalOdyssey Music
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July 08, 2025
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