The Game of Love by Michellar with Rad Datsun is a soft breeze with a breath of that love affair you forgot, and it brings that aching pang of what-ifs and could-bes back to your heart. The result of an accidental partnership between Michelle Bond and Brad Johnson during a songwriting retreat, this song seems like a discovery of an old photo album-pages of bright snapshots of the happy dance of love, with neither a trace of bitterness or resentment.
The interlacing of the duet vocals between Michellar and Rad Datsun is comparable to two hands holding in a packed room, and both voices provide a different perspective of the growing bond, and the two combine in a way that pulled at your heart strings without any strain. Lightweight synth riffs and twangy guitar structures are like sunlight hitting water, beautifully fading into each other, giving the sensation of a new love in the short moments of life. The instrumentation is played to produce a cloud like a feeling of nostalgia and the production makes it all rise to the air of a light, all-encompassing environment that you want to avoid, just like you would enjoy the afterglow of an ideal evening.
Love and fond memories are beating the heart, reminding me of those silent thoughts of the relationships you had in the past and are smiling behind a cloud of sorrow. The song was recorded in various distances - between San Francisco and Minneapolis, polished by Marius Alexandru in Romania, the flawless fusion is an enchantment of the formation of unexpected ties, the transformation of geographical separations into emotional ones. In my case, it reminds me about the whimsical game of love, the game that repeats itself, fills the room with hope and certain wistful magic. This is a touching masterpiece, my soul is a bit lightened and I would wish to see more of it.
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