Bent Denim “Periodic Table”

28 Sep 2013 — Henry Schiller

"I'm not who I thought I'd be at fourteen" is a lyric that probably almost everyone (fourteen and up) can relate to. Bent Denim express the sentiment with something like visceral resignation on their low key new track "Periodic Table" - the first single from a forthcoming full length LP. The duo wrote the song Postal Service style between their homes in New Orleans and Nashville, and the result is a song that sounds surprisingly lived in and natural. Vocals switch from direct and commanding to barely audible and fluttering, as a slow military beat meanders through various states of digital unrest. The passive, heartbroken wisfulness of "Periodic Table" make me think of Bent Denim as a bedroom electronica version of Stars, but you can attach any genre qualifiers you want when you give them a listen below: