Boston-based artist Marc Soucy crafts a riveting expanse within “Sympatico Now,” which swells from initial industrial eeriness into a catchier and approachable electro-pop fusion. The release represents the 10th single from Soucy’s music series STIR: Soundscapes Evoking Realities Only Imagined. World music and sci-fi surrealism remain aspects within Soucy’s enveloping soundscapes, also showcased via previous single “Montana” in its piano/strings interplay. “Sympatico Now” continues Soucy’s knack for electric aesthetical integrations and compelling melodic evolutions.
An unsettling ambience takes hold initially, as an eerie swell of electronics converge. A more melodic presentation of electro-pop emerges, as string-laden mystique and steady percussion arrive alongside the more composed synths. The initial structural swell resembles the impending arrival of darkness, and then an ensuing clarity with a brighter spacey effervescence. Bouncy synth-bass and twangy tones converge beautifully by the two-minute mark, resembling a chamber-pop and electro-pop intertwining in the cohesive melding of synths and ghostly strings. “Sympatico Now” is a wonderfully evolving success from Marc Soucy, succeeding in both its opening unease and ensuing melodic sharpness.
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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.
