Whether you’re more of a casual dater or someone who’s mostly been in long-term relationships, chances are good you’ve crossed paths with someone you just couldn’t get close to. No matter the angle you took, how much effort you put in or how much time you gave it, you could only get so far before it felt like you were being intentionally shut out — or perhaps even being gaslighted.

New local indie-pop project Vivienne Blue (whose singer you might recognize from now-defunct group Full Mood), has some choice words for just such an individual in her debut single “A Little Bit Off.” Over a swaying, electronically enhanced pop groove that puts me in mind of Sheena Easton , she picks apart a former partner’s behavior: “Don’t know what you want ’cause you won’t say it / It’s not my job to expl

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