The dreamy debut single from Manchester-based project emails2saturn, “Parachute” grows from glistening guitars and ethereal vocals into a gorgeous wall of shoegaze-friendly distortion. Jack Boles’ songwriting compels in the seamless alternating between spacey soaring and erupting guitar textures, with the guitar work alone dazzling in its tonal switch-ups, especially in the “you cradle me, caress me,” vocal outpouring.
Boles’ adoration for shoegaze and dream-pop purveyors like Cocteau Twins and Slowdize is worn proudly, re-energized within a modern sound that glistens with dreamy enthrallment. Aptly enough, “Parachute” surrounds with a warming embrace, and into a blissful landing.
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This and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Best of February 2023’ Spotify playlist.
The track is also featured in the genre-based, best-of Spotify compilation Emerging Indie Dream-Pop.
