A fuzzy rock introspection takes maintain on “Disco Elysium,” a brand new monitor from Alexei Shishkin, who took inspiration from the online game of the identical identify — acclaimed for its immersive writing and embrace of participant alternative. Lush piano and twangy guitars construct right into a contemplative vocal feeling — “I appeared round, walked to the mirror” — and ensuing “reptilian mind” chorus (a reference to the sport’s protagonist). Textured, warming guitars arrive thereafter, into an ardently commanding second half — the place the layered guitars and shimmering piano align fantastically.
Shishkin elaborates additional on the monitor’s inspiration and total dynamics:
“This tune was impressed by the sport Disco Elysium, which is perhaps the best online game ever made. You’re a degenerate, amnesiac detective coming off a loopy bender, and also you’re making an attempt to unravel a homicide that occurred in a small post-revolution city. The sport covers all the pieces from psychology to politics to misplaced like to life, loss of life, and introspection. It’s actually probably the most well-written, thrilling issues I’ve ever skilled. I play by it each two or three years, and I simply so occurred to be enjoying it once we recorded this tune, so I wrote about it. Shout-out to Robert Kurvitz who wrote most of that recreation. (Oh, and PS: in that recreation, there are 4 distinct sounds that play representing Mind, Psyche, Physique, and Motor Abilities – as an homage, we run by these samples as a part of the primary 4 bars of this tune).”
Single Artwork Credit score: Jonjo Hemmens & Jean Zoudi
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This and different tracks featured this month will be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Rising Singles’ Spotify playlist.
