Minneapolis-based band Stock Market Cinema conjure both emotive punchiness and hooky rock immediacy on new single “Willow Tree” — which captures “the bittersweet reality of growing up and growing apart, all while clinging to the dream of a shared life.”
The track builds with an enjoyably heartfelt momentum, from bass-heavy introspection into more expansive guitar-fronted infectiousness. Sporadic guitar pulses and steady percussion get the production underway, as the vocals gear up into admitting “there’s not a single thing that can keep me from wanting you.” An energized saxophone solo stirs past the mid-point, into further artful displays of life’s progressions and the relationships/dreams that change as a result, resulting in feelings of vulnerability and impending doom: “The water’s dripping / Do we patch it or do we drown?” Stock Market Cinema thoroughly impress with “Willow Tree.”
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This and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Emerging Singles’ Spotify playlist.
