I have already mentioned the balance of lament and power-balad. Gotye–He’s just so attractive So let’s check it against as a good album to listen through post-breakup. Thanks for dropping by Mat's Music Blog! The move towards a more accessible sound only increased the quality of what Gotye had to offer and Making Mirrors as a. This turns into a brilliant run of painful songs of loss told from multiple angles (did he run away in “Easy Way Out” and then face the scenario of “Somebody That I Used to Know” only to realize that we ‘walk the plank’ daily in “Eyes Wide Open,” then dissolve into self-loathing in “Smoke and Mirrors”?). This album begins with the eponymous track “Making Mirrors,” which, in its minute-long run time, invites the listener into a very philosophical, Lewis Carroll-esque world where we create the looking glass through which we see darkly. But there is so much more to the album than the addictive sadness of the hit (and unfortunately a pinch overplayed) single. Is there anything better to jam to after a break up than this album? (Well, at least three more albums, but this is still one of my main jams). Making Mirrors, home of “,” powerhouse of indie experimentation, and Australian.
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