A captivating debut single from Rye Golde, “Places and the Times” stuns with its dreamy folk engrossment. Serenely entrancing vocals and gentle guitars guide to an emotive expansion past the one-minute mark, falling gracefully back into the nocturnal folk feeling thereafter. This aforementioned rise strikes with spine-chilling vocal expansion; multiple vocal layers converge with soaring qualities, reminiscent of Weyes Blood’s production, particularly with the piano-laden glisten during the “got nothing left to give,” vocal. “Places and the Times” impresses with its diverse tonal structure, shifting effortlessly from folk-laden intimacy and gorgeously ethereal vocal rises. I’m excited for Rye Golde’s second single and beyond.
Golde elaborates further on the track, below:
“Written in a state of complete despair, this song emotes both hopelessness and surrender, symptoms of an ever-progressing codependency and substance-abuse spiral. About a year after its conception, I began recording this track as a newly sober person, seeking compassion for a younger self that was surviving with what she knew. Recorded and produced in the basement with my partner, artist Nate Nakshian, the creation of this record represents a year-long journey of coming home to myself.”
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This track and others featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Best of February 2022’ Spotify playlist.
The track is also featured in the genre-based, best-of Spotify compilation Emerging Indie Folk.
