Showing a rock sound that spans from rousing anthemics to murky psych-forward undercurrents, Avund is a two-track EP from Gothenburg-based act Grund. “Annette” touts a feverish pull with its dark brassy feeling and climactic vocals, craving for oxygen in the sweltering central hook, while “Hägring” engrosses with a hypnotic psych-touched pull. The project first caught our ears earlier this year, with the haunting track “Drömd och glömd.”
An eerie, nightmare-forward theme is again apparent, per member Sebastian Sandström. He explains further: “Annette is about waking up from an epileptic seizure and the feeling that comes with that, the feeling that the world around you has turned into a dead world. The inability to hear the people around you looking down, being uncertain if you are awake. Then slowly returning to reality and feeling completely empty.”
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“Annette” and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Best of November 2023’ Spotify playlist.
