Whisper Release Turn Around
There is always something brewing within the confines of our fair city, and Whisper is one of the newer acts popping up on my radar. They’re crafting songs in the style that is blending both dream pop and shoegaze, taking the noisier elements and blanketing them in a layer of quiet that allows the melodic structures to crest and fall. This single teases with tension, letting the breathy vocals open into a collision of churning crystalline guitar notes as the drums punctuate the noise. They don’t full dive into the noisy pull though, just maybe dangling a toe in the waters of distortion, so you can still hear the beauty in what they’re doing.
Having followed the Zoltars for some time, I cannot begin to share how excited we are to have the privilege of releasing their next LP this October. In honor of that release, we thought we’d try out another gem for your ears…so lets get to it. For me, there’s two reasons I love this track…especially going into this week (the first week of school). One, there’s this great contrast between dark and light; the riffs are heavy from the get-go, churned and driving, but the chorus changes that into this shimmering light creeping in from the horizon. But, like all great songs, they need great lyrics or themes…as a teacher dealing with kids (though this applies to all humans), thematically its about seeing your own gifts. If you’re interested in buying Telling Stories, you can pre-order the whole LP right