Ball of Wax 61 Songs: Eggshells – “Unknown”

Eggshells – Peter Verdoes, Sera Han, and Benjamin Verdoes – really know how to set a mood. “Unknown” combines ghostly voices, spidery guitars, and steady, centered drums in a way that leaves your head both swirling and nodding all at once. Which is appropriate, I suppose, given the lyrical reference to “ghost-hearted dancers.” Thirty seconds from the end, however, just as you’re finding your place in this ethereal groove,  everything gets flipped upside-down and cut in half. We are shown the door by a loose, untethered, looping phrase that offers no resolution, merely the invitation to skip back to the beginning and join the dance again.