A beautifully swelling rock sound stirs on “Monkey With a Hammer,” a new track from Odelia. Dreamy, quaint guitar twangs complement introspective vocal lushness to start, quickly rumbling into buzzing guitars as the title-touting comparison takes hold. Palpable emotion and structural momentum is apparent throughout “Monkey With a Hammer,” which is the the third and final single from Odelia’s upcoming EP, created with producer notcharles.
Odelia describes the track as “about being the fault line in a relationship that ultimately erupts. It’s about the guilt that comes with the narrative of being the bad guy and being so still while it all crumbles.”
Lyrical comparisons to a train in motion, bound for destruction, proves eloquent into the sweltering guitar textures; the erupting nature of a relationship is artfully conveyed, gripping between atmospheric guitars that range from reflectively serene to bursting alt-rock ardor. We’re certainly anticipating Odelia’s forthcoming EP.
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This and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Emerging Singles’ Spotify playlist.
