Forgiveness is a tough, hard process. It can be both liberating and excrutiating, and synth-pop duo OOFJ make sure to apply a dramatic angle to the term with their expansive new single "I Forgive You". The Danish/South Africa transplants’ latest opens with a swathe of luscious strings and trickling sound bytes, which abruptly descend into a disquieting pause as singer Katherine Mills-Rymer softly coos with cold detachment, "I forgive you/ like I’m supposed to". We’re never quite sure who or what she’s referring to — quiet submission or bold acquiensence — its thorny ambivalence a sign of something that’s about to happen even if we’re not supposed to find out.
"I Forgive You" is the first reveal off the duo’s upcoming full-length release Acute Feast, which is slated for an April 21 release through Ring The Alarm/Fake Diamond.