The first single from promising project Overly, “Effortless” captivates with a gorgeously dreamy rock sound. Showing inspiration from shoegaze and dream-pop, the track swiftly incorporates lush vocals over glistening guitars and spacious percussion.
Icier guitar tones emerge past the one-minute mark, adding dramatic depth to the soundscape as the gauzy layers and intermingling guitars take hold. The two-minute mark sees a beautiful expansion of prickly guitars and warming distortion, as the vocals increase in ferocity while remaining lushly translucent. “Effortless” is an invigorating, atmospheric showing from Overly.
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This track and others featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Best of May 2022’ Spotify playlist.
The track is also featured in the genre-based, best-of Spotify compilation Emerging Dream-Pop and Shoegaze.
