A steady chiming guitar sets the scene before Rhiannon Back’s (The Gaze) hypnotic and melodic incantations enter the fray on Sydney songwriter and Peabody frontman Buddy Glass‘ new single, the second taste of his forthcoming album Wow & Flutter.

As a primitive Mo Tucker-indebted percussion joins the procession, there’s a clear nod to the Velvet Underground and their droning pop nuggets. While Glass’ first single ‘Wasted Habit‘ was a frantic, frayed-nerve dispatch, ‘If You Sail Out‘ is all about a controlled and dreamy mood amid questions of context and perspective on one’s life.

“If you sail out past this story, you’ll see your life in all its glory. If you sail out into the darkness, you’ll see your life in all its starkness.”