Grabbing our ears with the bursting electro-pop instrumental “Peony Blossom” a few months ago, Harlow, UK-based artist Double Triangle continues impressing with two more tracks: “Haberdashery” & “Brenda.” The former echoes a classical music feeling in its vibrant elegance, perhaps inspired by the artist writing it first as a piece of piano music (“my most common way of writing,” Double Triangle explains). French electronica of the ’70s and ’80s also play a prominent influence, and the artist notes “Haberdashery” as feeling like a partner to “Peony Blossom,” achieving a similar aesthetic and points of inspiration.
“Brenda” serves as the B-side to “Haberdashery.” Double Triangle explains: “I wrote the A section of this piece when 9 years old. Encouraged by my late Nan Brenda. I remember writing it while at her house and she put her head around the door and said she liked the tune.” Ultimately, Double Triangle crafted a heartfelt musical piece in honor of their late Nan Brenda, aiming to celebrate her memory by reimagining a song originally composed at the age of 9 and incorporating a collaboration between their child and adult selves.
Ghostly vocals and patiently unfolding synth/piano intertwining compel on “Brenda,” while “Haberdashery” touts a more vibrant grandiosity. Bright synths enamor at the two-minute turn especially, ascending gradually with ample momentum; the production dazzles in feeling like a mixture of the artist’s synth-pop smarts (influenced amply by Erasure) and an embedded classical music timelessness. These two tracks are both thorough successes from Double Triangle.
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This and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Best of December 2023’ Spotify playlist.
The track is also featured in the genre-based, best-of Spotify compilation Emerging Indie Electronic.
We discovered this release via MusoSoup, as part of the artist’s promotional campaign.
