Written after a prolonged period of time spent hiking in the mountains, Double Comfort Safari’s nostalgic indie pop bop ‘Mountains’ is as vivid and resplendent as you’d want it to be. There are so many little things, so many minutia hidden in the songs arrangement that has you absolutely and thoroughly enamoured by the arrangement as a whole. But it’s in its underlying message, that reminder of the wonders of natural beauty and the more prescient reminder that there’s value and beauty in the trials and tribulations of the journey. You feel the track building as the landscape of a rocky trail up an undulating mountain reveals itself to you.
It’s delightfully composed, exuding a sense of nostalgic wonder and amazement without ever revealing too much. Wonderful vocal harmonies, especially so through the choir section, all combine to create the right kind of relaxant.