Somebody That I Used to Know

Song: Somebody That I Used to Know
Artist: Gotye
Album: Making Mirrors






Friend and reader Chris introduced me to this song a while back and I've been slowly getting into the album as a whole, which is an odd mix of psychedelic rock, electronica twinged soul, and folky atmospherics.  "Somebody I Used to Know," a duet with New Zealand's Kimbra, falls into the latter category... a haunting song that really gets under your skin.  It's quite beautiful.

Gotye (pronounced, I believe, like the designer, Gaultier) is a Melbourne-based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist born in Bruges, Belgium.  He's released three studio albums and a remix record.  His latest, "Making Mirrors" was released back in August of this year.

I've really like this record, a hard one to pin down but worth the time to check out.  "Somebody I Used to Know" doesn't really typify the sound of the record, as it jumps from the psychedelic ("Easy Way Out," "Smoke & Mirrors") to straight up soul ("I Feel Better") to electro-pop ("Eyes Wide Open") and everywhere in between.  Very cool.

Enjoy.

Somebody I Used to Know

Eyes Wide Open

I Feel Better