Emphasizing the pain of loss, “Things Are Not the Same” is a new track from Brooklyn-based artist Noah Gönci. He describes the release as “about how going back to my hometown after the death of my father has been eerie and unsettling. It’s about a very sad nostalgia that lingers in the back of your mind.”
A steady, ’90s-tinged nostalgia is apparent in the thickly reverberating chord progression. A cohesive incorporation of twinkling keys/synths glides into lusher acoustics and the resonating “house feels so strange,” vocal outpouring. Further entrancing is the playful, laid-back guitar progression approaching the two-minute mark. “Things Are Not the Same” is a stellar, emotive success from Noah Gönci — with the “house feels so strange,” and “emptiness fills my lungs,” lines capturing the heartache and lingering nature of loss.
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This and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Best of December 2022’ Spotify playlist.
