Eklat – Into The Dark

Into The Dark: Eklat's homage to The Cure with bittersweet melancholy

When I first heard ‘Into The Dark’ by Eklat, I was imme­di­ately reminded of the dark wave clas­sic ‘A Forest’ by The Cure. The sim­il­ar­ity to the sound of the British cult band is unmis­tak­able, and that gives the song a nos­tal­gic, almost famil­i­ar touch. The intro is atmo­spher­ic­ally dense and car­ried by a mel­an­choly mood.

The syn­thes­izers in the song are subtle, which I per­ceive as restrained on the one hand, but also as fit­ting, as it draws the focus to the deeply sad mood. Personally, I would have liked to have heard some­what stronger synth lines to bring the har­mon­ies even more to the fore. Nevertheless, ‘Into The Dark’ man­ages to present a bal­anced mix of dark wave and synth pop that works sur­pris­ingly well for me.

What par­tic­u­larly moved me is the lyr­ic­al con­tent. Lines like "Faces passing by / Like a ship in the night" and "Disconnected hearts / When our love grows cold" paint a pic­ture of loss and ali­en­a­tion. The words con­vey a vul­ner­ab­il­ity that blends per­fectly with the music­al melancholy.

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Lyrics of "Eklat – Into The Dark"

Faces passing by
Like a ship in the night
But in your eyes
I look in the dark
Disconnected hearts
When our love grows cold
And it’s all gone

I don’t know what I can say
You don’t want me to stay
so I go yeah I go
Find someone to hold instead