Alpha Romeo‘s new album Soft Collapse represents another successful collaboration between Jeremy Jones and Rodrigo Passannanti, fusing a talent for stirringly introspective atmospheres with a range of sounds rooted in ambient, chillwave, and downtempo threads. The album reflects the duo’s drive toward immersive, memory-evoking soundscapes — fond of hypnotic rhythms, lush vocal elements, and vibe-heavy entrancement.
“Born” is a consuming opener, moving with intrigue as spacey synths well with climactic vigor. Pit-pattering rhythms and atmospheric synth tones craft a late-night synthwave allure, particularly as the sturdy bass and chilly synths intertwine throughout the final minute and into a riveting “we’re born, forged from a flame” vocal subduedness . The ensuing “Return to You” also delights in its moody allure, achieving a yearning sense of desire in the magnetic “as I return to you” sequence,
Another standout track, “Pixelated Paradise” is an enveloping instrumental — weaving twinkling keys and plucky layers of synths, with wintry glow, into a second half touting more rhythmic expansion. Album finale “Ghost Town” is a gem as well, excelling in a more infectious territory as buzzy synth vigor flows with fast-moving rhythms for a replay-inducing ardor. Soft Collapse is a thoroughly inviting, atmospheric success of an album from Alpha Romeo.
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