Interpreting E.G. Phillips is always a pleasure, and so it is with “When It Gets Dark,” his new release. A song that sounds like a little bedtime story on the one hand, yet goes much deeper.

“When It Gets Dark” illustrates the ambivalence of modern narrative traditions, in which everyday observations and seemingly trivial details serve as the starting point for profound reflections. By interweaving reports of fleeting gossip and deceptively trivial flashbacks to everyday life with an almost ritualistic fascination for the dark, a multi-layered field of tension unfolds between superficial exchange and mystical expectation.

In this field of tension, the fleeting moment is used as a vehicle to address existential questions and nostalgic longings for authentic experiences. In doing so, she alternates between simple descriptions of everyday life and dramatic events, developing a paradoxical sense of ritual and intellectual irony. There is a search for transcendent elements that is simultaneously driven by a fascination with aesthetics and a desire for unifying symbolism.
This complex interplay invites us to rethink the role of modern communication and to critically question the boundaries between trivial entertainment and existential quest. And while the music slowly accompanies us to sleep, we can’t help but grapple with the topic and let it deprive us of sleep—in a positive sense, of course. “When It Gets Dark” is definitely another „exclamation mark“ from E.G. Phillips and so much more than just music!

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