Photo by Ronja Lahr

With their collaborative LP ‘Oceans of Time’ landing September 16th, Gloria de Oliveira and Dean Hurley follow up their previously released cut ‘All Flowers in Time’ with a new offering entitled ‘Something to Behold’.

Entrancing and undoubtedly dreamy, the song flows with serene, atmospheric synths over quite tender drum programming. The open nature of the production allows Gloria de Oliveira to completely float like the grace of clouds in terms of vocal performance.

Gloria de Oliveira and Dean Hurley have also shared an Alexander O. Smith-directed video that you can check out down below.

Regarding ‘Something to Behold’, Gloria de Oliveira stated:

“Something to Behold’ bloomed out of a feeling of anxiety that had been creeping up on me more and more; living far from my family, watching loved ones getting older or in harm’s way. I fear losing them to time; not fearing my own mortality, but being left alone on this planet. To me, this is one of the most difficult cognitive challenges we earthly creatures have to grapple with – all we can do is try to merely soothe the sinking feeling by basking in the love we hold for others, and accepting our fate. The imagery of the song draws from Milton’s ‘Paradise Lost’, an epic poem retelling the biblical story of the fall from grace of Adam and Eve – and, thus, of humankind. Upon first hearing the instrumental track of the song, I was hypnotized by the cyclical movements that immediately felt like a mantra to me – so I came up with a simple, lyrical meditation. The echoing, overlapping vocals as the track progresses are akin to those intrusive thoughts keeping you up at night, and simultaneously a calming mantra to then recite to yourself.”