With its brassy wavering and moody guitar spells, “Dark Streets” crafts a nocturnal atmospheric engrossment throughout. The effort comes via DYAN, the solo project of Alexis Marsh.
“Will you hang onto me?” Marsh asks, following a sequence contemplating on how the weight of the future can weigh on one’s present. Pulsing guitars fade into a bass-fronted minimalism here. A tonal darkening aptly accompanies the “dark streets,” vocal, as jangling guitars form a captivating undercurrent. The finale stirs with spacey synth arps, intertwining gorgeously with the vocals and murky rhythms. “Dark Streets” is a stylish, melodic tour-de-force from DYAN.
Marsh elaborates on the track: “This is a song about wanting to connect with someone in a city, having the city’s authorities inadvertently suppress the chances for human connection through the administration of policies intended to make streets safer – it’s about what we lose when we only prioritize one version of security.”
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This and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Best of July 2023’ Spotify playlist.
