Matthew Emerson Brown, aka Disinterested, brings us “SHALLWEORSHALLWENOTBELOVERS,” an instrumental interpretation of that awkward time when you’re connecting with someone, and would like to keep connecting with them, perhaps in a more intimate way, and you’re not quite sure whether that will ever happen.
An electric guitar begins the conversation, tentatively at first then gaining confidence, before being somewhat overwhelmed by waves of synthesizer that disappear as quickly as they arrived. The guitar continues with a series of short delay-drenched statements, and the synth comes back, softer this time, but still questing, perhaps testing the bounds of what’s appropriate. There is a pause about halfway through – perhaps the parties taking a breath, reassessing? – and the silence is broken by the synths, who have apparently decided to take control of the situation – perhaps, sick of pussyfooting around, they are asking the titular question? Alas, we never hear the guitar’s response.