“Symbiote Song” unfolds with a striking grandiosity, swelling from a folk-minded blend of piano and acoustics into an invigorating display of expressive strings and vocal outpouring. The track marks the latest from New York-based act Roofers Union, via the Fogdancing / Symbiote Song release.
“There is a problem with the future,” the vocals admit. “There is a voice that’s getting louder.” The sense of foreboding proves chilling into the rousing mid-section, where soaring strings and escalating vocals embrace a more chamber-pop outpouring. The strings past the four-minute mark are especially riveting, driving delicately into the more ballad-ready conclusion. “Symbiote Song” is a stirring display of production, with its enjoyably dramatic build.
Roofers Union says: “This song is about the end of a relationship – bittersweet, dynamic, and surreal. We wanted to make a song that was these things too.”
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This and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Best of May 2023’ Spotify playlist.
The track is also featured in the genre-based, best-of Spotify compilation Emerging Indie Folk.
