Los Angeles-based artist Esteban Obando delivers an intimate winter-set lo-fi folk sound on “Montreal (Feeling it All).” Showing shades of Elliott Smith aesthetically, the track blends acoustic pulses, twangy guitars, and faint piano. Recorded entirely to four-track tape, the single’s double-tracked vocals and snowy imagery capture a tender, nostalgic reflection on memory and time.
“Heart is melting in my throat,” an emotive, chilly vocal disposition opens amidst steady acoustic pulses. Twangy guitars bolster enjoyably upon the contemplative “watching the snowflakes falling down” lyrical contemplation, with touches of glistening piano bolstering the introspective soundscape. The various winter-oriented depictions, from “watching the snowfall” to “fingers numb inside my coat,” make for an incredibly vivid winter backdrop, apt within the thematic ruminations on the lure of freezing time.
An especially resonant section unveils in the approach to the two-minute mark, where the “watching the snowfall” vocal stirrings build from delicate acoustics strums into a re-emergence of the serene guitar twangs and effervescent piano additions. “Just feeling it all,” the vocals conclude with a hypnotizing refrain, embracing the emotion channeled via the act of retrospection on a snowy day. “Montreal (Feeling it All)” is a compelling standout from Esteban Obando.
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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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