Christian Locke embraces a gauzy, shoegaze sound in “Three Little Words.” Taking cues from the blown-out sound of My Bloody Valentine, there is something inherently romantic about the piece. A mixture of love with an edge, the song feels dangerous. He pushes things to the brink, allowing the beauty that unfolds to be particularly hard-fought. His vocals rise above it gently as a cloud. When these two very different elements get paired together, what results is something that explores passion from all angles. Yes, there is undoubtedly that softness that comes, but also that all-encompassing feeling that defines the intoxicating effect of the emotion.

Everything within the sound seems to build off each other. Interplay here is excellent, with nods to post-punk, noise rock, and even some ambient entering into the equation. These moments get amplified thanks mainly to Christian’s decision to know when to speed things up and when to pull back. The ebb and flow between these two moments make sure that it keeps the listener on their toes, contorting itself into fantastic shapes. Here the song has an otherworldly presence in both the heavy and quieter moments, with the music itself seemingly transmitted from a whole other universe.

“Three Little Words” reveals in the sheer atmospheric washes of Christian Locke, for he harnesses his guitar to become a force to be reckoned with.

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