Shimmering, seductive, and bubbling, "River Card" is one of many highlights on Atlas Sound's fantastic Let the Blind Lead Those Who See But Cannot Feel. Inspired by a Puerto Rican short story about a boy who falls in love with his own reflection in a river and subsequently drowns, "River Card" has some of Bradford Cox's most straightforward and vulnerable lyrics: "River so clear and blue/ I'm so in love with you/ But you drown me." The song is filled with longing and the music is so evocative of not just the river itself but of a heartbeat as well [check out those percussions]. "River Card" fills with tension yet it flows off, deeper and deeper just as the river does. It is elegant and sensuous and demands repeat listens.
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