‘Sometimes They Look At You’, is a pummelling electro banger that – once it’s grabbed your attention – ends up somewhere between Drexciya and Kate Bush.
These seemingly disparate influences are actually the perfect representation of what the song is all about.
“I came away from a conversation with someone and wondered why we always seemed to have crossed wires. It was like nothing each of us said ever landed with the other,” explains Maria. “I realised it was because I was talking from a place of possibilities and they were talking from a place of absolutes; two very different languages. Of course we weren’t going to understand each other!
“‘Sometimes They Look At You’ is basically just an acknowledgment of that; no judgement, just recognising that language and communication is so much more than the words that come out of your mouth.”