After fascinating with 2024 debut full-length To Really feel Is To Imagine, Dutch singer-songwriter Martin Kuiper returns with the wonderful five-song EP, Dreaming Of A Sea Of Time. The manufacturing expands his sonic palette — dynamic between dreamy intrigue and passionate rock heights — whereas staying true to his emotionally wealthy songwriting. From the introspective opener “Goals,” the place regular guitar strums and bluesy piano body Kuiper’s reflections on reminiscence and longing, to the Nick Drake-inspired heat of “Hanging On a Pink Moon,” the EP threads lush soundscapes with emotional readability.
A grippingly introspective opener, “Goals” weaves regular guitar strums and bluesy piano touches inside thematic ruminations on the lingering impression of goals — whether or not as a guiding gentle for motivation, or a ghostly dread from could-have-beens. “I obtained goals to recollect,” Kuiper’s vocals invigorate into the spacey conclusion. The following “Hanging on a Pink Moon” succeeds as a substitute in crafting a warming people sound, displaying a Nick Drake inspiration, whereas lyrics tactfully discover “in search of which means” into a stunning “to like you” harmonious vocal hovering.
One other standout, “Seven Days” captures that pivotal first week of a relationship as gripping piano/guitar interaction excels into one other melodic vocal sequence — as soon as once more referencing dream/goals, a transparent idea all through the EP. An particularly stunning sequence arises as wordless vocals transfer right into a hovering guitar ardour, delivering a timeless-sounding, theatrical rock coronary heart. The observe dazzles from its preliminary balladry right into a rousing rock send-off, capping off an intensive success of an EP from Martin Kuiper.
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“Seven Days” and different tracks featured this month may be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Rising Singles’ Spotify playlist.
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