Philadelphia-based songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Alek Barkats impresses with “Hologram.” The track moves solemnly within creaky acoustics and delicate piano to start, ascending into a twangy sturdiness as Barkats’ debonair vocals emerge. Smitten depictions of marveling at another’s beauty evolve into the “flying saucer that carries you and me to another world.” The escalate serves as a radiant hook that comes back into the verses seamlessly with an organ-touched intrigue. “Hologram” is a riveting success.
Of the track, Barkats says: “It’s a little story song about my marriage. Dreaming this impossible dream together and going for it, despite things going wrong. It’s about the faith we put into the promises and symbols around us, while questioning their authenticity.”
The track comes via the upcoming album Here we are in the garden, out this Friday. “These songs are an homage to the boring everyday,” Barkats says of the album. “An ode to the little lives we cultivate.”
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This and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Emerging Singles’ Spotify playlist.
