Showing a melodic rock immediacy, “Stoned Supreme” is a track out today from Philadelphia-based artist Dan Gober. He describes the single as coming “from the idea of being in your own head. You take up an idea and follow it further down the worm hole. In the end the concept arrives at this beautiful light of clarity.” Recorded in his home studio alongside his writing partner and brother Buddy Sweets, “Stoned Supreme” takes inspiration from Nirvana and The Pixies especially in its memorable rock sound. The result is thoroughly memorable, and kickstarts 2025 in quality form for Gober.

A dynamic precision emanates right away, with pulsing guitar distortion and touches of acoustics swapping as a confident vocal delivery emerges. “No matter what I do, I don’t deserve your love,” they admit, gearing up into a hooky and radiant sequence where jangling guitars, distorted bounces, and power-pop vocal backing reflections converge with seamless entrancement. A stellar guitar solo takes hold past the mid-point, as the vocals take a slight reprieve and re-emerge with replay-inducing immersion. The title-touting hook thereafter injects a sense of grungy nostalgia, and then into a harmonious vocal finale. “Stoned Supreme” is an enveloping success from Dan Gober.

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This and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Emerging Singles’ Spotify playlist.

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