“I Still Can’t Help Myself (Haunt Me)” is a stellar new track from Alex Heldt that fuses angst-y grunge with electronic aspects. Formerly an industrial house artist, Heldt is now succeeding with a sound exuding an emotive, nostalgic rock tint — citing inspirations such as Superheaven, quannnic, Deftones, and Yung Lean.
The emotive, hazy vocal delivery melds well with a gauzy, warming dose of guitar distortion that lingers and steadily escalates. Multiple vocal layers combine with chilling effect after the one-minute mark, asking “is it wrong?” into further compelling guitar murkiness. “I Still Can’t Help Myself (Haunt Me)” is an enveloping success from Alex Heldt.
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This and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Emerging Singles’ Spotify playlist.
