Brooklyn's SKYES explore endless depths of unknown desire on the utterly brilliant "Give Me More"

07 April 2016, 09:45 | Written by Charlotte Krol

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SKYES can give themselves a hard pat on the back. "Give Me More" is a dark, poignant piece of transformative writing that rewards the listener at every instant.

Opening with dulled beats and trickles of lonely piano, singer Dallin Knightly pours her heart out, detailing her or indeed the protagonist's feelings of dissatisfaction. "This hole I dig in/still convinced that the bottom is where something new begins", she laments, as whirring synth and unnerving electronic atmos creep in.

What follows is three minutes of some of the most emotive music we've heard in months. All the components - heavy layers of ethereal synth, thunderous drums, and moving vocal refrains - gently pick up traction on a unstoppable, though strangely beautiful journey into despair.

"In 'Give Me More' - the character (or I guess some part of me) wants more of something that doesn't exist," Dallin explains. "It's a dark and repetitive self-realisation that she can't hide anymore - more is not enough - and that's not ok."

"Give Me More" is the kind of song that leaves hairs stood on end and the mind wandering. Revelling in its darkness somehow welcomes in the light.