A twangy, dreamy allure shines on “Madness Gladness,” a new track from Zachary Mason, based out of Guildford, England. The lyrics display the impact of love, inducing a sort of madness — of both gleeful chaos and all-out happiness — that can only come from being purely smitten. A lushly meditative state arrives from the steady, dazed vocal unveiling and hazy guitar work, which embraces reverb in its psych-ready warmness — finding a comforting balance between soft-rock nostalgia and dream-pop intrigue.
Also featuring drumming from Nate Barnes and bass work from John Thomasson (Little Big Town), “Madness Gladness” crafts a seamless and approachable charm in its consistent structural prowess — bolstering a late-night guitar tone with twangy adornments and the riveting rhythm section, caressing and calming in its pulsing satiation. “No more time – it’s gladness! It’s madness, in his mind,” Mason sings into an illuminated mid-point, capturing a sense of blissfulness — prior to the vocals’ re-emergence of depicting how “it’s breaking him down.” Love, both alluring and frantic in its dizzying of emotions, is artfully conveyed within a serene rock spell on Zachary Mason’s “Madness Gladness.”
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This and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Emerging Singles’ Spotify playlist.
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