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The Conversation

SACRED PAWS

2019

The Conversation

Release Date:  2019

By Pitchfork

Reviewed March 19, 2019

The opening song comes from the Glasgow indie-pop duo’s new album Run Around the Sun

On the opening song from their second album Run Around the Sun, Glasgow indie-pop duo Sacred Paws recreate the experience of talking past each other. Though it begins with a sharp blast of feedback, “The Conversation” is a sunny, carefree jaunt, allowing Rachel Aggs’ guitar to bounce in loose curls around Eilidh Rodgers’ bubbly drums. Mimicking the back-and-forth nature of dialogue, the pair’s voices slip over one another, alternating flustered confusion and mellow concession as they try to remember exactly why they were arguing. “I’m taking the temperature/When I’m quiet I hear it more/It’s that simple,” Aggs admits as Rodgers murmurs in the background. Sacred Paws never find resolution to “The Conversation,” but they seem content to let it fade away.

8:00 PM · Mar 19, 2019