“ashes” is a moving folk success from Matt Van, a singer/songwriter from the Midwest. Gentle acoustics and piano intertwine beautifully as vocals ask “where do all the stories go?” — wondering if they “melt away,” like snowflakes.
Ruminations on life-after-death, and life itself (“why does music make me cry?”), send chills via the ghostly vocals. The introspective, melancholic tones stir amidst a calming folk quality, asking some of life’s biggest questions within a comfortable, melodic soundscape propelled by acoustic guitars, chiming piano, and gentle percussion — coming to terms with the fact that “there’s so much that I’ll never know.”
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This and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Emerging Singles’ Spotify playlist.
