Tucson-based artist The Manor Born consumes with an introspective EP in see you subsequent yr, mixing early-2000s indie-rock sensibilities with post-punk revival power. Tracks like “too late too dangerous” and “good targets” navigate private reckoning and reflection, pairing jangly guitars with considerate, typically cathartic lyricism. From dreamy, slacker-rock tones on “leaves” to the symphonic swells of the title observe, the EP presents a riveting listening expertise.
Commencing the EP, “too late too dangerous” builds with pleasing momentum from dreamy guitar jangling right into a rousing rock buzz. The crisp vocals emerge because the extra understated guitar components re-emerge, then ascending right into a hazy tonal hovering previous the one-minute flip. “I by no means wanted you, I simply did it to appease,” the vocals admit thereafter, lyrically coming to a reckoning with private decision-making — referencing “a path of remorse and time” within the course of. The following “good targets” rides on a bouncier rhythmic pulse, conjuring a post-punk and rock synergy, which paired with the debonair vocal tone reminds fondly of Interpol amidst the “drowning within the moat” hook, particularly.
One other spotlight comes by way of “leaves,” exuding an introspective attract within the “by no means quantities to something” commiserations and “life is tiring, bored with residing it” slacker-rock precisions. Then arrives the EP’s stunning title observe, enamoring in its trickling guitar work and delightfully lush first half, whereas swells of symphonic-like grandiosity linger into the conclusion. EP finale “slang for medicine” is one other gem, closing all of it out with shimmering guitar strums and appreciative lyrics — declaring “no extra peaks and valleys for me” with a way of triumphant catharsis, following a protracted and winding private journey, because the stirring EP involves an in depth.
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“too late too dangerous” and different tracks featured this month could be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Rising Singles’ Spotify playlist.
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