The debut single from +tope, “Hi5 (I am alive)” compels with its dynamic swell — shifting between fuzzy guitar haziness, playful rhythmic bounciness, and back again into a scorching rock-forward invigoration. Hectic percussion and clanging guitar work enamors into a lush vocal introspection, murmuring with hypnotic effect.
The track’s mid-point then stirs with palpable momentum, weaving rhythmic vocal elements and angular guitars with bustling bass into the fantastic finale — where soaring guitar work ventures into a sating fade-out. “Hi5 (I am alive)” is a thorough success from +tope that has us firmly anticipating whatever’s next.
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This and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Emerging Singles’ Spotify playlist.
