Brooding. Brooding is such a nice word. So nice a reviewer could be tempted to overuse it.

I brood. You brood. He, she, it broods. We brood. They brood.

"Room On Fire" by Fernando's Eyes broods.

And it does!

Fernando's Eyes is the solo project of Fernando Honorato. He is from Stockholm and is best known as the lead singer and co-founder of the post-punk band Principe Valiente. Under the Fernando's Eyes moniker, he has released music such as the single "A Million Times" and his debut solo album, Center Of Your World.

"Room On Fire", though, is fully versed in broodology. It takes those brilliant '80s type synths but completely avoids any temptation into a massive chorus, instead letting the brood brew.

That brew is nicely stirred in with Fernando's fantastic voice, with enough richness to host a relaxation podcast, and enough edge to front The Cure. Along with the synths, it provides the deep body of the track.

That richness is complemented by an Editors-style guitar motif, with reverb and echo that starts the tune and comes in periodically to give the drama. Further intrigue is introduced by Swedish jazz musician Lina Langendorf, whose saxophone (recorded by Henrik Sunbring at Stockholm's Studio Helter Skelter) comes into the arrangement as a striking counterpoint to the brood later in the song.

Lyrically, he says the track is about leaving without looking back, presented not as an act of loss but as a deliberate choice.

Honorato produced the track himself, with co-production and mixing handled by Hans Olsson at Svenska Grammofonstudion in Gothenburg. The recording process layered programmed drums with physical live toms that Honorato played personally, setting a machine-tight rhythm against a physical pulse that runs through the whole song.

If you like your dream pop, goth rock or brood-core you'll love this!

Room On Fire by Fernando's Eyes is out on 25 September via Aenaos Records.