Delighting in its evolving folk and soft-rock warmness, “Colors” is a recent track from Pierce Alexander. Lyrically bringing to life “the world of a painter living on the streets,” per Alexander, there’s a mixture of sun-soaked blissfulness with street-set grimness, finding beauty in it all — apparent in lines like “Summer days waiting by the overpass / Beauty in the shadows cast.”
“Paint another scene just to ease the night, and let all of the color shine,” the opening vocals let out, as mellow guitar strums join into a bouncy bass. The vivid scene-setting and artistic appreciation is charming amidst the evolving sound, moving from folk-forward subduedness into a glistening pop spirit. The aesthetic and lyrical prowess remind fondly of Jens Lekman. “Colors” is a vivid, melodic success from Pierce Alexander.
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This and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Emerging Singles’ Spotify playlist.
