Chicago-based songwriter Carl Hauck unveils an affecting folks sound on “Monumented,” interesting throughout each sparse acoustic-set introspection and hovering multi-layered vocal expanses. The latter’s magnificence comes within the “oh, to be monumented sometime too” sequence, the place Kelsey Wild’s serenely melodic vocals bolster Hauck’s calmly efficient tone. Lush keys pair with a gentle rhythmic backing alongside the caressing acoustic guitars, reminding fondly of Sufjan Stevens within the dynamic tones, particularly upon the glimmering impact previous the three-minute flip. The result’s a totally consuming manufacturing, which additionally options multi-instrumentalist Jake Hawrylak, along with Hauck on vocals, guitar, and piano.
The observe takes inspiration from from Rachel Cusk’s Define trilogy, the place the narrator — a lately divorced creator — particulars the mundane day-to-day of her life. “On the danger of changing into one of many characters who talks at and/or initiatives onto the narrator, I needed to write down a tune concerning the futility of being heard, thought-about, and remembered in a world that may be so fast to disregard, colour in, and even erase,” Hauck says. “It’s a tune about quiet, on a regular basis violence, dressed up in a sonic heat and intimacy which may simply lull you into listening.”
“Monumented” represents the second single Hauck’s the upcoming album Demise Farm, out on October seventeenth.
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This and different tracks featured this month may be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Rising Singles’ Spotify playlist.
