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 gradual 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 monitor takes inspiration from from Rachel Cusk’s Define trilogy, the place the narrator — a not too long ago divorced writer — particulars the mundane day-to-day of her life. “On the threat of turning into one of many characters who talks at and/or initiatives onto the narrator, I needed to jot down a music in regards to the futility of being heard, thought-about, and remembered in a world that may be so fast to disregard, coloration in, and even erase,” Hauck says. “It’s a music about quiet, on a regular basis violence, dressed up in a sonic heat and intimacy that may simply lull you into listening.”
“Monumented” represents the second single Hauck’s the upcoming album Dying Farm, out on October seventeenth.
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This and different tracks featured this month will be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Rising Singles’ Spotify playlist.
