San Francisco-based artist Needy Empty shows a captivating, dreamy mood throughout “Houseplants,” a new track with psych-rock and bedroom-pop appeal alike. The project’s debut single impresses with a series of lovely melodic twists and turns after first minute, kicking off with lingering guitar-based hookiness. The “I’m ready to go,” hook succeeds firmly, with emotive guitar lines and yearning vocals converging for a wholly memorable feel. The woodwind-like background layering retains pleasantries throughout, meshing well with the artist’s lush vocals and accompanying moody guitars. “Houseplants” engages throughout.
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“Houseplants” and other memorable tracks from this month can also be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Best of October 2020’ Spotify playlist.
The track is also featured in the genre-based, best-of Spotify compilation Emerging Dream-Pop / Shoegaze / Post-Punk.
