Soulful vocal entrancement and expressive guitar twangs enamor throughout “San Miguel,” a standout new single from Swedish duo Van Dame. Idiz Love provides her exceptional vocal talents, while Bruce — a former punk-rocker — contributes his guitar work and knack for brilliant productions. They describe “San Miguel” as being born from ’90s nostalgia, and also taking inspiration from high school what-ifs — like that one crush, and thoughts of what could have been.
“Smoking cigarettes on my back, you laugh and roll your eyes,” Idiz sings with soulful enthrallment, lamenting “none of this can save me,” as lush synths glide into magnetic guitar work. “Baby when we were younger,” the vocals continue there, recalling the feeling of “waiting for you to come around.” These retrospective smitten sentiments are conveyed with artful, melodically captivating charm on this enveloping success from Van Dame.
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This and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Emerging Singles’ Spotify playlist.
The track is also featured in the genre-based, best-of Spotify compilation Emerging Dream-Pop.
