A stylish psych-rock intrigue lingers throughout “Sweetlips,” a memorable new single from Laguna, the Geelong, Australia-based project of James Guida. Releasing via his label Mountain Girl Records, “Sweetlips” invigorates with a range of fuzzy intrigue and soaring immediacy, the latter particularly prominent in the scorching guitar solo that takes hold into the track’s final minute. The release follows up last year’s standout full-length Orphan To The Sunshine, also released via a limited run of cassettes.
While “Sweetlips” is a solely a digital release as of now, it also features a riveting, haunting music video with visuals befitting of the textured psych-rock intrigue throughout. The video also features a typeface designed specifically for the track’s release, and is available for anyone to use in their own work — continuing to emphasize the label’s knack for blending art and music with each release.
Taking inspiration from classics like Black Sabbath and Thin Lizzy, “Sweetlips” quickly ventures from hazy mystique into blaring bursts of guitar — easing in and out as the “talking to me” vocal presence emerges. An array of sweltering, twanging guitars and dreamy vocal haunts linger throughout, immersing throughout this treat of a rocker from Laguna.
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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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