Netherlands-based songwriter Martin Kuiper continues the rollout of his upcoming album Prison Of Modesty with “Time,” a memorable rocker rooted in personal reflection and late-blooming creative conviction. Written from memories of leaving home early to study physics in Groningen, the song reflects on how pressure, expectation, and life acceleration can obscure purpose when pursuing dreams. Following the momentum of the album’s first single “Ego,” “Time” channels Kuiper’s rediscovered love for classic rock, shaped alongside members of Money & The Man and mixed by Guido Aalbers.
“Thinking ’bout the time,” Kuiper’s vocals resonate amidst tender guitar strums and starry-eyed organ, complemented by lovely responsive vocal harmonies that emit a wordless, majestic allure. This lushly absorbing introduction then gears seamlessly into a rollicking rock ‘n’ roll splendor, with twangy guitars and head-nodding rhythms traversing into a newly debonair vocal stirring. “Thinking ’bout the time that I did, think about the time all the time,” Kuiper’s vocals let out, heady in their perceptions of time’s fleeting nature — and how it tends to continuously sap the likelihood of ambitions and dreams coming to fruition.
“Clocks were pointing fingers at me, making sure I did not sleep,” Kuiper’s vocals continue, uplifted by expressive call-and-response backing vocal feelings. An especially resonating segment arrives during the foreboding guitar accents past the two-minute turn, then culminating in a delectably soaring guitar solo. Kuiper’s vocals excel throughout with a charismatic vigor, both melodic and thought-provoking, amidst a rock stylishness that reminds fondly of Paul Weller. “Time” is a standout rock showing from Martin Kuiper.
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This and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Emerging Singles’ Spotify playlist.
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