Engaging with breezy guitars and a hazily reflective composure, “Cold Front” is a suavely melodic single from Rilo Wye, the project of Los Angeles-based artist Riley Sieverts.
The opening plays with an understated intrigue. Debonair vocals and sludgy bass-fronted appeal remark “you’re so cool in your 20s,” with an easy-breezy emotion. “You came in and swept away,” they continue, with wind-like analogies representing the fleeting impact of temporary relationships.
Per the artist: “It’s about a short lived relationship between two individuals that bonded over their troubling and toxic lifestyle. A deep connection and desire comes from the narrator, though knowing the relationship will only bring with it destruction.”
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This and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Best of August 2023’ Spotify playlist.
