There’s something horrific happening on “Even If It’s Just A Dream,” the latest single from Atlanta trio Sword II — Mari González, Certain Zuko, and Travis Arnold — but the band makes it sound like a romantic reverie. Over a dreamy, levitating synth arpeggio and wistful acoustic guitar strums, González’ airy vocals paint a grisly scene: “Surgeries and batteries/ I’d take the scalpel’s touch to nucleus/ The needles penetrate the walls around our cells.” She softens the nightmare by woozily singing: “Even if it’s just a dream.”
