“The Long Winter” is a consuming new track from Magnetic Ghost. The Minneapolis-based artist shows a hypnotic, melodic rock sound that wraps listeners in a warm blanket of hazy vocal melodies and textural guitars. Impressing previously with tracks like “Thrall” and “Delete,” “The Long Winter” builds on those track’s strengths, namely a knack for gently unfolding guitar-driven tones and yearning vocals that intermingle with satiating melodic appeal. Andrew Larson’s songwriting especially shines as the vocals ascend in emotion past the 01:30 mark, concocting a psych-friendly soundscape that leads seamlessly back into textural rock familiarity. “The Long Winter” consumes throughout.
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“The Long Winter” and other memorable tracks from this month can also be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Best of January 2021’ Spotify playlist.
