“Close to Me” by Ashley Riley Melts Even My Cantankerous, Misanthropic Heart

Image borrowed from Ashley Riley’s Bandcamp page.

I was just cruising around the internet, minding my own business, being the DUDE that I am (and I am a DUDE), when I stumbled upon this soul-melting hell-demon of a song. Instantly I found myself frozen in place, at once captivated by the song’s beauty and horrified by a tickling sensation in my heart.