Released today, and touting a haunting sound akin to Radiohead and Fleet Foxes, “Delete” is a track from Minneapolis-based project Magnetic Ghost. “Delete” comes from the excellent album Pixels, also released today. Andrew Larson, the songwriter and multi-instrumentalist behind the project, impresses with atmospheric and melodic abilities. Pixels is full of songs with interesting structural turns and aesthetic creativity, with “Delete” being a quality embodiment of those traits. A cinematic-sounding synth lingers in the background and acoustical strums lead, with vocals eventually accompanied by gentle piano-based caressing past the one-minute mark. The song’s second half is a showcase in textural beauty, especially past three minutes in, when the melody begins to assume a darker tint. Thom Yorke vibes are particularly prominent around 03:30.
Alongside the vocals of Holly Habstritt-Gaal, Larson shows his multi-instrumental talents throughout the album, with vocals, acoustic, electric, and bowed guitars, pedal steel, synth, bass, percussion, and drums all included. The album spans many memorable efforts, from baroque-shoegaze hybrids like “Reality Distortion Field” to the soaring experimental-pop of “Does It Dream?” and the swelling atmospheric effervesence of “Digital Natives.”
Stream Pixels on Spotify.
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“Delete” and other memorable tracks from this month can also be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Best of February 2020’ Spotify playlist.
The track is also featured in the genre-based, best-of Spotify compilation Emerging Indie Folk.
