Los Angeles-based rockers Middle Priest infuse introspective acoustics and rousing rock rises alike on the gripping new single “Fingernail,” the second single from their upcoming debut EP, I thought that I was far away. Led by the songwriting of North Carolina native Colson Dorafshar, Middle Priest show a gripping knack for dynamic structural unfolding with “Fingernail.”
The apt “awake another day,” beginnings are complemented by understated acoustics, accompanying the experience of losing a fingernail and its ensuing clean-up — figurative and poetic in its expressions of starting anew, pushed further by revitalizing doses of bursting guitar. “I lie awake most nights,” the vocals let out during the rock-forward rises, joined by personal reminiscing like “I saw my mother die at 17.” “Fingernail” is a rousing success that has us firmly anticipating the band’s upcoming EP.
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This and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Best of September 2023’ Spotify playlist.
