A suavely smitten track with soulful pop, chiming folk-rock, and hints of bossa-nova in its sating production, “Summer Kind” is a new track from Silver Lake Rodeo, the latest project from Sloan Dylan Walters. Recorded in Arizona, “Summer Kind” quickly establishes its setting — “country kind of love, red hot sun,” — and the cool embrace of creek-set swimming and potential lovers’ embrace. The summer-y vibe and “burning,” depictions of ardent love move breezily within playfully lush guitars. The second half is more involved, with its bells and brassy intrigue; the track is a thoroughly inviting success from start to finish.
Walters explains: “It’s a summer love song just in time for summer. It’s about two people falling in love for the first time. They’re young, broke, and don’t care.”
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This and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Emerging Singles’ Spotify playlist.
