Glam Sam And His Combo + Angelina – “Fingertips”

“Fingertips” marks a stylish collaboration between Swedish groove-jazz artist Glam Sam And His Combo and UK singer-songwriter Angelina. Blending jazz, funk, and soul with a modern edge, the track highlights Mats/Glam Sam’s sophisticated production alongside Angelina’s impactful, soulful vocals. This project fuses their diverse backgrounds into a vibrant, grooving soundtrack, showcasing a creative chemistry that evolves through expansive art-pop fervor and compelling, rhythmic hypnotics.

Bustling bass, flickering guitars, and clap-laden rhythms bolster Angelina’s magnetic vocal presence to start. The “chaos rising” lyricism bolsters the momentum, culminating in a steadier rhythmic pulse as hushed vocal samples ease in alongside warming brass infusions. Angelina’s vocals assume a soulful, soaring whimsy thereafter prior to the lovely emergence of glistening organs/keys. “Just a little bit,” the riveting vocals continue, enthralling during a midpoint with sensuous brass tones and a beckoning to “feel the magic.”

Funky guitar swirls and continued rhythmic hypnotics enamor throughout the track’s second half, seamlessly navigating from the initial bass-led sparseness into an expansive art-pop fervor, with jazzy and soulful sophistication. “Play it with your fingertips,” Angelina’s vocals push into an echoing, satisfying finale, capping off a song in “Fingertips” that fully immerses in its stylish, grooving jazz/funk/soul convergence and evident musicianship.

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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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Mike Mineo

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