Wishful Thinking takes all the nostalgia, feeling, and emotion of what makes a smooth piece of indie pop and curates it all into a single dreamy piece that has you feeling all kinds of ways. Describing a love or relationship that’s on its last legs, Alex Beck writes the song for that moment of clarity where you realise its not working out nor will it work out. It has you recalling the good and the bad, the various elements of what made a relationship wonderful and also painful. It’s loaded with dreamy nostalgia and euphoric beats to make it an emotional rollercoaster to sink yourself into.
It might not be the mostly wildly innovative piece, but it is the perfect amalgamation of emotion, production, and vocals for what it’s seeking to deliver. You can feel each ounce of feeling that Alex Beck is trying to convey, not just in her achingly beautiful vocal performance but also in the luscious and lavish soundscape that so perfectly echoes feelings of rosy nostalgia. Don’t look back in anger indeed.