“MaMa” crafts a haunting and riveting soundscape, casting a certain sort of engrossing darkness that acts like Nick Cave and Marissa Nadler have ventured into. Certainly, Melbourne-based act Road to Arcanum are adept at crafting a mood here. Members Eden and Fredric show a fondness for the darkwave genre, emphasizing the style’s knack for darkly romantic and yearning moods with a guitar-centric approach. The vocals sound intense though increasingly haunting, as the steady growth of guitar distortion and steady percussion serve as an atmosphere-enhancing backdrop. “MaMa” consumes, and never quite lets go until its abrupt though riveting conclusion.
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“MaMa” and other memorable tracks from this month can also be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Best of June 2019’ Spotify playlist.
