Saturn Eye - Liminal

There’s quite an opposite effect happening on Saturn Eye’s new single ‘Liminal’ in comparison to what I heard the first time with their single ‘The Reckoning’. In my original review, I stated (in summary) that the beat was something that a mad scientist would think of which was a positive. The vocals, however, were bland and boring and sounded same-y to many other synthpop acts in the world. This time I’m finding myself swapping my opinion. 

The vocals are very much improved; more powerful and dynamic. Are they great? Negative. They are passable at the very least and get me from one end of the song to the next. But there’s improvement; dynamic vocal range, varying delivery, more confidence. The beat, however, isn’t something I’d find myself listening to over and over again. It sounds rather cookie cutter, as if taking elements from your average synthpop track and jamming it into one single. There are a few moments to be appreciated; take the moment around the three-minute and twenty-second mark where the keys get a bit of a solo, and the synths sound rather dreary. Fairly interesting. But the material dries out about halfway through the song; six-minutes is too much, and I could easily see two-minutes being shaven off. Lessen the distance, make it sweeter. 

Not a bad single, not a great one. Certainly not something that should be tossed in the trash, but one that’s on the cusp of being good.