here's a slightly older track i've pulled out of the library for this hot summers day, i wanted to highlight it here for anyone not aware of its existence, Blessa is by South Carolinian synth pop artist Toro Y Moi {Chaz Bundick}, from his debut album "Causers Of This" (2010).
this is one lush, blissed out synth pop tune with a splash of sundazed psychedelia, great for a summers day lying by the pool drinking a tall glass of ................ {insert drink of choice}. Blessa captures the feeling of staring hypnotically at the suns reflection dancing on the rippling surface of the pool, it is a fleeting moment of bliss, too good to last.
the beginning sounds like someone jumping into a pool, the wonky reverb caused by the waters surface being disturbed, the rest of the song plays out like we are hearing it underwater, the guitar has a quivering, swelling, ripply sound, the vocals haunting at first filter up to us from the depths, calling out, come deeper, the sunlight shimmering above rippling et refracting ethereally, familiar harmonies drift et echo around us, Bundick's gentle vocals beautifully fade in et out like a faltering radio transmission from another time et place.
Blessa meanders dreamily between a funked-out bassline et catchy snare beat, wonky shimmery guitar et warped synths before it skips like a broken record into a crackly, glitchy guitar et percussion outro.
MP3: Blessa
check out Toro Y Moi here: myspace | facebook | toroymoi
et you can check out Chaz's artist profile at the Carpark Records site here.
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