Sometimes a song creeps in like a thought you forgot you had. “I Just Can’t Help Feeling Curious” by Skinny Dippers opens shyly, barely brushing your attention at first, before unfurling into something quietly consuming — like those late-night thoughts that only turn up when the lights go out and no one’s watching.
There’s a beautiful friction in this track — like it’s tiptoeing between innocence and confrontation. The guitar picking feels intricate but effortless, grounding the track in something earthy, while the synths float in just enough to stretch the mood into dream territory. It reminded me of those moments when someone asks a question not to start a fight, but because they need to know. The whole song balances that tension: the craving for closeness, and the unspoken fear that closeness will show you too much.
The vocal delivery is pure indie-folk confessional — understated but full of intent. There’s a little Devendra in the DNA, sure, but something about this one also brushes up against early Sufjan Stevens — that soft ache delivered in disarmingly simple language. And just when you think it’ll stay in safe territory, it blooms into a subtle climax that feels like it’s lifting the lid on something you didn’t even realise was there.
About Skinny Dippers:
Skinny Dippers, the indie project of Brooklyn-based Ryan Gross, has always written like someone trying to make sense of things. Raised on the coast of Maine and now steeped in NYC’s rhythm, Gross pulls from both: nature and chaos, intimacy and scale. With production help from TOLEDO’s Jordan Dunn-Pilz and Dan Alvarez, his 2021 debut “The Town & The City” already hinted at this sound — half-folk, half-wistful indie-pop. But this new track hits with even more clarity. It’s not trying to be loud. It’s trying to be true.
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