Los Angeles-based project Roses and Roses craft a moving, dreamy rock entrancement on “Touching the Sun,” balancing the pain of grief and the light apparent within moving forward. Specifically, there’s a sense of anguish conveyed following the passing of a loved one, aspiring to traverse beyond the pain into holding their memory as something to treasure and eventually move onward with.
The track’s production excels in its melding of subdued guitar jangling, while Crystal’s lead vocals maintain a lushly absorbing introspection. The two-minute turn is especially enthralling, as wordless vocal wooziness pairs with emergences of brass for a bolstered, dynamic composure. Lyrically, the tender ache of loss persists, portraying grief as both haunting and comforting, where traces of a loved one appear in fleeting moments: “Pick up the phone I thought I saw you / Right down that road I thought I saw you.”
The track’s soliloquy-like nature traces a careful navigation forward, while holding the essence of the lost close. It makes for a resonating success from Roses and Roses.
Check out the track’s music video:
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This and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Emerging Singles’ Spotify playlist.
