London-based artist Hemaksh Rao combines dreamy introspection and soaring brass-tinged rock charisma on “Running me down,” a new single that explores the impact of personal pressures and the resulting will to endure. From the lush beginnings to a striking guitar solo in the final minute, “Running me down” compels from start to finish. It marks a definitive success from Rao, who was born in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.
Dreamy guitar tones push quickly into a brass-y invigoration and title-touting refrain, showing enjoyably dynamic range from the get-go. “You’re making me fall apart,” Rao lets out with intriguing foreboding, as stylish guitars and stomping brass invigoration plays with sporadic momentum. A soaring vocal captivation — “you can’t see me, and I can’t let you go,” — dazzles thereafter, as soaring guitars and brightly illuminated keys mingle seamlessly. “I can see you down every road.” Hemaksh Rao excels with an emotively gripping sound across the engaging “Running me down.”
Rao describes the track as “more than just a song—it’s an anthem for anyone who’s felt the weight of the world but refuses to back down. With its universal themes and gripping production, it’s a track your readers or listeners are bound to connect with on a personal level.”
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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.
