Depending on what kind of mood you’re in, Faye Webster’s latest single is either a love song or an anti love song.
A brooding ballad with a swirling 90s groove, ‘But Not Kiss’ is sexy with a slightly sinister vibe, the Atlanta-born singer/songwriter yearning for physical comfort but not any of the emotional pain, forever looming at the edges. ‘I want to see you in my dreams but then forget,’ she sings with her usual desperate longing, ‘We're meant to be but not yet.’
The marionettes, meanwhile, add another element of strange, Webster passively performing against the kooky backdrop as her romantic confusion becomes a sideshow attraction.
If you love offbeat little ditties like this, then you’ll love Webster’s other tracks, including ‘A Dream with a Baseball Player’ – never has a parasocial relationship sounded so damn jazzy… (◡‿◡✿)