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Kneel. That's a command in the form of a title if ever I heard one, and about the only forceful thing about this song. It's not a bad position to assume when listening to this track either: kneeling is after all the first step to praying. The first time you hear Kneel, you'll either dismiss it out of hand as wimpy nonsense (and you would have the ears and brain of an idiot) or you'll hit the ground at a rate of knots, damage your knees, and offer up praise to whatever entity it was decided that you should discover this band.
I would challenge you to find a more beautiful and affecting song anywhere else this year. At a monstrous seven minutes, it is safe to say we're not in pop single territory anymore. Kneel is a beautifully orchestrated piece of music, gentle and delicate in every single way. The lightly plucked guitar intro sounds as if it has been played on an acoustic strung with sunbeams, and the orchestration that builds over the next couple of minutes could melt ice caps (and as such should be labelled as an environmental hazard). Then there's the somnambulist vocal of Nathan Altice being complimented by the ethereal Amber Blackenship to get thoroughly lost in.
I think I'm in love, but then, I've always liked the silent type.
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