Pop, funk, and hip-hop stylings coexist with infectious, heartfelt enthrallment on “LITTLE BIT OF CONVERSATION,” the new track from Carter Ace and his forthcoming album, SPADE, out in August. The Los Angeles-based artist recorded the track in 2020, in the midst of the pandemic, and that period’s isolating societal impact lingers in the lyrical output. “I am not depressed, I just don’t wanna communicate,” his vocals admit with soulful intrigue as bass and drums enamor alongside, traversing into a more illuminated “little bit of conversation goes a long way” hook — bolstered by balmy guitar infusions and ensuing, blissful vocal harmonies.
A particularly funk brass drive enters in the subsequent verses, with a confident ethos apparent in the “do my thing and you can’t stop it” vocal drive into the ascending “post-traumatic stress made me the man I am today” unveiling. The catching alt-pop production charms throughout, set alongside lyrics that consume in depicting tension between isolation and connection, ultimately celebrating self-assurance and the healing power of honest, re-emerging communication. “I already have a pretty reclusive nature but that pandemic really made it almost like an excuse to cut people off and detach myself from situations,” Carter Ace explains.
“LITTLE BIT OF CONVERSATION” also features Carter Ace’s bandmates Fahem Erfan and Gio Alford, in addition to contributions from Josh Feliciano. Its memorable sound certainly has us anticipating the forthcoming SPADE, which Carter Ace says was created “by getting rid of all my social media for 9 months and just fully committing to this CONSTRUCTION CARTER lifestyle.”
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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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