A wholly immersive album spanning from psych-rock soaring to chilly electronic soundscapes, The Old Man Who Lends Nostalgia marks a brilliant debut for Seoul-based duo moonsomoon. Comprising guitarist KIMILRO and musician cacophony, the pair contrast icy digital textures with analog warmth. These narratives explore human fragility and technological perfection, inviting a confrontation of uncomfortable truths within their excellent, experimental arrangements.
The title track opens the album with invigorating, atmospheric appeal — venturing from hazy, synth pulsations and dreamy vocals into a momentum-filled midpoint, where rock-ready bass and panting drums are incorporated seamlessly alongside a soaring guitar line. The project’s ability to shapeshift between electronic intrigue and art-rock theatrics is consistently ear-catching throughout the release. The ensuing “Hansel and Gretel” projects a ghostlier soundscape, with chilly wordless backing vocals and electro-minded rhythms slithering into fuzzy doses of fervency. Across both ambiguously unfolding and more familiar structural traversals, The Old Man Who Lends Nostalgia dazzles with its satiating songwriting and heady productions.
Another highlight, “Extropy” consumes in its shifts between bursting, bustling passion and hypnotically subdued creativity. An initial buzzy vibrancy enamors in its nostalgic synth-pop direction, while following sections embrace a lusher mystique — with the effervescent synth pad usage approaching midpoint being especially compelling. Album finale “Thirst, or Defilement” is another gem, weaving haunting guitar trickles with spine-tingling vocal work and a later mixture of textural illumination and foreboding guitar twangs. Full of inventive soundscapes and enjoyable melodic journeys, The Old Man Who Lends Nostalgia is a fantastic listening experience from moonsomoon.
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“The Old Man Who Lend Nostalgia” and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Emerging Singles’ Spotify playlist.
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