Los Angeles-based duo Deaf Echo craft an artful rock momentum on “Talking Round,” which swells from pulsing bass and vocal introspection into a second half touting a punchy, ardent rock catharsis. The project comprises Lebanese-American singer-songwriter Amir Hammoud and Mexican-American multi-instrumentalist Jesús Omar Lopez.
“Time moves slowly as I wait for your embrace,” the ghostly vocals admit in the haunting initial verses, punctuated thereafter by lonesome guitar tones. “Don’t you know?” the vocals inquire at mid-point, gearing into a heart-on-sleeve rock expanse. Admissions of “drowning in the dark,” further a sense of personal tumult — specifically, reflecting on a failed relationship and ruminating on a love that once was. “Talking Around” is an emotively impactful stunner from Deaf Echo.
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This and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Emerging Singles’ Spotify playlist.
