“SoHo (Leave Me Alone)” is a hooky new single from Phantom Pink, the Portland, OR-based project of Brayton Walls. Twinkling guitar work and vibrant vocals — ranging from the verses’ suaveness to the hook’s confident intensity — enamor throughout with replay-inducing appeal.
The punchy “don’t wanna be that guy,” sequence exudes a consuming suaveness, with the ensuing “on vacation,” line amplified by sharply melodic glistening. The track’s enthusiastic, catchy production excels — from the lush shimmering of the bouncy hook, to the peppy rock of the book-ends.
Walls describes the track as “about not wanting to let fame get the best of you, whilst the party rages on around you. At its core, it’s a song about becoming what you fear most, yet still yearning for it. Inevitable and desired destruction.”
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This and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Best of January 2023’ Spotify playlist.
The track is also featured in the genre-based, best-of Spotify compilation Emerging Indie Pop.
