German dark-pop artist Carolin Seitz re-emerges with “Home,” her first new single following a period away from music due to Long COVID. Arranged and produced alongside theatre composer Kostia Rapoport, the track incorporates prepared-piano samples into Seitz’s keyboard-led songwriting, complementing its reflections on isolation and social anxiety. The accompanying animated video was created by Bristol-based videographer Sam Wisternoff.
Originally written and recorded by Seitz in the 2000s, “Home” resurfaced last year when she rediscovered the old recording. Revisiting its lyrics from a more mature perspective, she decided to finally release the song alongside a newly created music video.
A dynamic production that captivates across both understated art-pop intrigue and hauntingly fervent emotion, “Home” commences with an absorbing mixture of downtempo, hypnotic percussion and mellow Rhodes. “I was alone in my room, not sure with whom, I should play,” Seitz’s vocals open with equally moody prowess. The clinking of pitch-altered piano envelops during the vocal rumination of how “I share my bed with strangers,” while a brooding synth pad seamlessly accompanies the ongoing Rhodes-driven lushness.
“I run and search for a reflection of my own face, to find a place I can call my home,” Seitz’s striking lyricism also persists, poetically capturing a sense of isolation in this yearning for home, amidst a life full of strangers and transient locales. The final minute reprises this desire to “find a place I can call my home,” the final two words repeated with ghostly delivery as the track comes to an artful, satiating send-off. “Home” is a fantastically emotive and atmospheric dark pop success from Seitz.
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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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