“When the Genie’s Out” is another intriguing success from Sluka, infusing an eerie string-touched prog-rock appeal within a stark thematic emphasis. The track’s July 16th release date mirrors the day in 1945, when the first ever atomic bomb test explosion took place as part of the Trinity Project. The track’s title references how “the genie’s out,” in relation to how the power of an atomic bomb shifted humanity forever — and perhaps set forth a ticking time bomb to the ultimate end, as the film Oppenheimer artfully conveyed in its conclusion with Einstein.
As such, the foreboding mixture of guitars and vocal refrains prove apt — self-described as one of Sluka’s “most menacing songs.” The release’s music video shows imagery of wartime, nuclear energy, and greed; the depictions of society are done with impactful resonance, interwoven within an aesthetical intrigue in the repeating vocals and mystique-filled success. Mark this down as another success for Sluka, impressing in the recent past with tracks like “Saving It All” and “Sunset Screamer.”
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This and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Emerging Singles’ Spotify playlist.
