Quiet Kissing

A little slip of an emo disc, the slick gloss of “Quiet Kissing” is defined by Shapiro’s bell-toned synthesizer setting but warmed up by a wistful lyrical line and in-the-flesh violin accompaniment, courtesy of Meg Okura. Shapiro’s creation is dreamy quite beyond the usual abstract comparison point—rather the slowly rocking tempo and overlapping, whispery vocal track lull the ear and the mind into a contemplative state I previously thought could only be experienced by actors in independent films.

—MS