Seaside (B-side)

This is the kind of song that exists in the space between waking and sleep, built from something deliberately impressionistic and light. Oh My Girl have always trafficked in a certain brand of airy fantasy, but Seaside strips that sensibility down to its most delicate bones — synths that shimmer like light on water, a tempo unhurried enough to feel like drifting. The arrangement breathes. Nothing crowds anything else. The vocals are layered softly, the harmonies blending into texture rather than standing out as showpieces, which gives the whole track a quality of being heard from a slight distance, as if the song itself is receding. The lyrical world evokes the particular longing of a place remembered rather than visited — a coastline held in imagination, saturated with the warmth of a specific person or a specific summer. As a B-side, it carries no obligation to be anything other than what it is: a small, perfect mood piece. That freedom shows. You'd put this on in late afternoon when the light has gone golden but the heat hasn't left yet, on a drive with no destination, or in the quiet after a reunion you know won't happen again.