Powerful yet restrained, O’Reilly & Vincent’s love epic ‘The Sound of Her Smile’ feels like the tune that you encounter at a local bar that makes you drop whatever you’re doing and turn to the performer. So expertly composed, with little intricacies that break from conventional norms pattered in between, the song brings out the best of classical elements into an otherwise sweepingly emotive pop song that anyone can find solace in. Even in the simple play on the lyrics, with a titular line that’s immediately contradictory yet strangely poignant when you think over it.
Compared to the more upbeat and energetic folk energy of ‘The Roof Falls In’, ‘The Sound of Her Smile’ sees O’Reilly & Vincent taking a much more mellow and morose approach. It’s a touching love song that builds with a keen sense of progression, perfectly incorporating the right string arrangement and a crescendo of a piano solo to wrap it all up ina cathartic release.