A glimmering, nocturnal intrigue takes hold across “Excuse Me While I Go Fall in Love,” a memorable new track from Portland, OR-based artist Mary Knoblock. A dreamy, electronic-forward art-pop styling pairs with Knoblock’s steady vocal presence, maintaining a contemplatively ethereal charm in the “I took my pen and paper,” remarks amidst pit-pattering percussion, sporadic guitar touches, and a spacey synth-led drive. The track was written as a prelude to Knoblock’s acclaimed full-length album, Halo.
Our first look at Knoblock’s new album, out in 2025, “Excuse Me While I Go Fall in Love” maintains a chilly atmospheric engrossment alongside a stream-of-conscious vocal output. “So much has happened since the last time we saw each other,” the vocals let out, consistently exuding a sense of contemplation and yearning across the production; the percussive, vocals, and synths maintain a consistent glow, with the lack of variation lending strongly to the hypnotic mystique. “Excuse Me While I Go Fall in Love” has us fully anticipating Knoblock’s upcoming full-length.
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This 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.
