“Arrive Late, Leave Early” is a magnetic, dreamy synth-pop success from Fuji Gateway. Taking inspiration from modern psychedelia and ’80s synth-pop, the track consumes in its soaring vocal emotion and spacey atmospheric immersion. The North Carolina-based project of Steven Applegate first caught our ears last year with the track “Tuesdays, Am I Right?” and now impresses with “Arrive Late, Leave Early,” which represents Fuji Gateway’s 10th song release. The new single’s gradual build, from quainter synths to a spacious vocal expressiveness, proves riveting in its gradual unfolding.
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This and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Emerging Singles’ Spotify playlist.
The track is also featured in the genre-based, best-of Spotify compilation Emerging Electronic.
