Samantha Weisenthal on September 20, 2018 Although the music is soft, her songs hit hard, leaving us emotional yet not overwhelmed, a cleansing that feels important in the wake of the topics Tomberlin so masterfully addresses. Her sound is quiet yet intense, a dynamic that seems increasingly difficult for artists to achieve. “Any Other Way,” distills the feelings off of the album, how the guitar highlights rather than suffocates her soft and floating voice, how her lyrics provide a simple statement when discussing highly complex thoughts and experiences. The economic nature of her lyrics allow for bits of humor to cut through the melodrama, with lines such as, “Feeling bad for saying / Oh my god / No I'm not kidding / Gave me a sudden feeling / That I didn't have a place,” feeling goofy rather than disorienting.Īt Weddings addresses Tomberlin loss of faith after having grown up in an intensely Baptist household, filling the song with an intimacy that feels tender rather than overly personal. This sentiment is of course vulnerable, an artistic move that could be perceived as too downtrodden, however Tomberlin’s sweeping voice and simplistic guitar allows the themes she remarks on to pierce the sweetness of the song. In “Any Other Way,” the opening track to the album At Weddings, we see Tomberlin deconstructing her faith in God, in her relationship, and at times in herself. 'Sesame Syrup' is a must add to any and all September sadness/fall playlists. Like the majority of their songs, the track is a chill listen filled with soft, melancholy guitar tones and wispy slightly ethereal melodies.

Whether we take our partner’s mental and emotional state for granted or we don’t realize how much help we needed ourselves - like making sesame syrup if we don’t watch the seeds closely enough as they heat up on the skillet we can spoil the process by allowing them to turn black. Similarly, sometimes we enter certain relationships without realizing how much time and effort is actually required to take care of that person while continuing to take care of ourselves. The process of making sesame syrup requires more attention and care than some may think.

Just when we thought they had done enough by swooning us with yet another daydreamy track they sprinkled it with a little something extra - a song title with a brilliantly subtle analogy. Alternative, dream-pop band, Cigarettes After Sexrecently released 'Sesame Syrup,' a song that delicately captures the kind of self-loathing, reckless behavior many of us experience well throughout our 20s.

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