Philadelphia-based singer-songwriter James Austin Melton captivates with an alluring sophisti-pop sound on new single “Pillow’s Door.” The observe comes by way of Melton’s new two-track EP, Adaptive Fiction, which enjoyably showcases his folks, jazz, and pop intertwining. Melton describes the discharge as about exploring “the lives we lead in goals—our adventures, transformations, and the selves we turn into—solely to wrestle to recollect them upon waking.” The extra folk-led, vocal-fronted enchantment of “Pillow’s Door” strikes cohesively into the EP’s title observe, a virtually 15-minute epic that spans from gripping jazz to lush folks.
Melton says relating to “Pillow’s Door”: “It’s a music about feeling one thing higher past the pillow’s door but by no means fairly piecing it collectively in actuality. The composition stays fluid and pure regardless of shifting keys and time signatures, by no means feeling compelled or overly advanced.”
“Pillow’s Door” commences with acoustic-laden intrigue, as vocals replicate on earlier goals and the way their excitements and intricacies fade as one awakes. “I’m on the pillow’s door,” his vocals exude as brass, acoustics, and pit-pattering percussion meld seamlessly. A need to return “to the place previous the dawn,” beckons for that dream-like state, resonating in its themes of escapism as one awakens to a extra tumult-filled world. “Pillow’s Door” and the stirring “Adaptive Fiction” comprise a improbable EP from James Austin Melton, stuffed with jazz, folks, and pop sophistication.
Stream “Pillow’s Door” and the EP’s title observe, beneath:
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This and different tracks featured this month could be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Rising Singles’ Spotify playlist.
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