The self-titled EP from Brooklyn-based artist Late Blooming impresses with a range of hypnotic dreaminess and invigorating pop emotiveness, firmly showcasing Rose Rutledge’s enveloping songwriting. Opening track “Everytime I” wastes no time in its assembly of enchanting woodwinds and prancing piano — adorned radiantly within soaring vocal layers with a title-touting initial momentum. “Prelude (My Dreams)” follows with a more meditative spell, infusing woodwinds and vocals with a caressing pace that steadily unravels with a beautiful glow.
Exploring hope and insecurity, “My Dreams” is another standout — building upon effervescent vocal backings into bright rhythmic propulsions and an expressive lead. The EP is consistent in its climactic tonal and thematic rises; the “now I’m wide awake,” catharsis on “My Dreams” follows the vibrant push in percussive and vocal involvement, with stellar immersion. This EP is another thorough success from Late Blooming, a project headed by the previously featured Rose Rutledge, originally from Seattle and now based in Brooklyn.
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“Everytime I” and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Emerging Singles’ Spotify playlist.
We discovered this release via MusoSoup, as part of the artist’s promotional campaign.
