whoa, the song is SO great! this sounds like s4y lyrics with her new style, I can't get over how beautiful the song is! so poetic.

1: that is the cutest picture ever that you have. haha. you're so fortunate to have met her! that is my life dream. still haven't gotten the chance.
2: i'm guessing you were at the release party???

Love it. That happens when fans don't ruin it all, just like Tidal.

The song is a 'call to arms' for our restorative attention. It's an interesting perspective: an inanimate object raising our consciousness about the space's downfall via entropy.

My first reaction to Neglected Space wasn't exactly 'WTF??', but that's probably just because Immi's blogs had given some indication of how it was going, including the 'spoken voice' aspect.

On first hearing it's difficult to grasp just how much beautiful music there is in the piece. Each re-hearing reveals new details. And I love that line about a ballet of leaves pirouetting in a doorway - such a lovely image.

Of course it's not the kind of song one would traditionally release as a 'single', which is a hazard of Immi's approach of releasing each new track as it is recorded. I think NS will sound even better when it is 'bedded down' somehere in the middle of an album. I have tried it in a little playlist with Lifeline and Propeller Seeds, and I find it very effective next to Propeller Seeds: it enhances both songs.

Viewers of 'Yes, Minister' will remember that whenever Jim Hacker wanted to do something especially rash, Sir Humphrey would say 'that's a very brave decision, Minister'. In this sense I suppose releasing a (mainly) spoken-word song is 'brave'! I can't think of many well-known singers who have done it. Bob Dylan did it on an album track called If Dogs Run Free, and David Bowie has also done a few, including this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdQnb8YW5nA So at least there are a few respectable precedents.