Brooklyn-based solo project Oh Canal combines lush acoustical introspection and twanging guitar delights on “Moth Song,” conjuring a sound reminiscent of Andrew Bird in the vocal tone and instrumentation’s dynamics. The approach to the three-minute turn is particularly compelling, building with charming folk-set readiness into blaring guitar bursts.
The lyrical content also proves memorable, invoking a “head full of moths,” in potentially invoking the complexities of relationships plagued by various insecurities. “You only loved me ’cause I loved you back,” reflects a cathartic realization on conditional love, traversing smoothly into a whistling adornment to close out this fully memorable success from Oh Canal.
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This and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Emerging Singles’ Spotify playlist.
