Showcasing a dynamic art-pop and folk expanse, “Still Alive (Song for Grischa)” is a fantastic track from Vesna Kat, a Cologne-based singer, composer, and producer. Representing the second single from her upcoming EP, EP Enjoy the Work, the track is described as “an intimate elegy for a lost friend.”
Haunting acoustic trickles traverse into a ghostly vocal presence, chilling with a wintry sense of solemnity. A heightened vocal emotion and a burst of orchestral grandiosity moves in with striking allure. Wordless vocal gorgeousness and frolicking harps ensue into the enchanting mid-point, which shifts from the introduction’s darker mystique into a fairy tale of color. A sweeping, cinematic conclusion then takes hold — the lyrical depictions of a breeze carrying seamlessly as the vocals, harps, and lush textures converge. “Still Alive (Song for Grischa)” is an enveloping success from Vesna Kat.
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This and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Emerging Singles’ Spotify playlist.
