Dark Places (song)

"Dark Places"
Single by Beck
from the album Hyperspace
ReleasedNovember 7, 2019[1]
Length3:45
LabelCapitol
SongwritersBeck, Pharrell Williams
ProducersBeck, Pharrell Williams
Beck singles chronology
"Uneventful Days"
(2019)
"Dark Places"
(2019)
"Everlasting Nothing"
(2019)

"Dark Places" is a song by the American musician Beck. It was released on November 7, 2019 as the third single from his fourteenth studio album Hyperspace.[2][3] A lyric video was also created for the song, made by Eddie Obrand.[4] Consequence of Sound described the video as "dreamy".[5]

Critical reception

Tom Breihan of Stereogum called "Dark Places" "a slow, ambling song, built from both an acoustic-guitar strum and a rich, hazy synth sound. Beck, singing as high as his voice will let him go, reflects on a breakup", as evidenced by the lyrics "Time moves on, and on and love, it goes / Now she’s gone, and all I see are shadows". He thought that the song sounded closer to the album Sea Change, rather than Midnite Vultures.[6] Exclaim! described the song as "more than a little smooth".[7]

References

  1. ↑ Emily Zemler (November 7, 2019). "Hear Beck's Atmospheric New Track 'Dark Places' – Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
  2. ↑ Elizabeth Aubrey Nov 7, 2019 7:52 am GMT (November 7, 2019). "Listen to Beck's dreamy new song, 'Dark Places' from upcoming new album, 'Hyperspace'". NME. Retrieved November 16, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ Billboard (November 7, 2019). "Beck Drops New Song 'Dark Places': Listen". Billboard. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
  4. ↑ Matthew Strauss (November 7, 2019). "Listen to Beck's New Song "Dark Places"". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
  5. ↑ Bacior, Robin (November 7, 2019). "Stream Beck - "Dark Places"". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Beck Shares New Single "Dark Places," Written And Produced With Pharrell: Listen". Stereogum. November 7, 2019. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
  7. ↑ Thiessen, Brock (November 7, 2019). "Beck Shares New 'Hyperspace' Song "Dark Places"". Exclaim!. Retrieved November 16, 2019.