“Forgot To Love You” is a memorable new single from BERENICE, an Italian artist based in London whose “spaghetti western pop” description proves apt in its stylish sound and contemplations on love. BERENICE describes the track, which is the first she ever arranged from start to finish, as “my raw confession of love’s regret and guilt, of the misunderstandings that arise when we fail to express or receive love fully, when one word next to the other simply fail to deliver a message.”
Initial ruminations on a relationship’s complexities and ironies continue artfully throughout, as the instrumentation swells from folk-tinged spaciousness into a more soaring rock character. “Sorry if I forgot to love you,” heartfelt vocals let out amidst tender, understated guitars. “I starved myself, you stayed and stared,” the introspective qualities continue, escalating thereafter into the aforementioned apology — now with a bolstered distortion-laden warmness and haunting backing vocal harmony. The two-minute turn enthralls in its impassioned vocal calls and bursting guitars, then fading into the more lush folk-set contemplation. “Forgot To Love You” is a rousing overall success from BERENICE.
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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.
