BUHU’s Use of Acoustic, Electric and Electronic Tones and Textures Makes “Bend (Wisconsin)” an Entrancing and Enveloping Listening Experience

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BUHU “Bend (Wisconsin)” cover (cropped)

BUHU’s single “Bend (Wisconsin)” is interesting in its unfolding of a song with a first and second act. Beginning like a a John Fahey-esque, tender acoustic guitar figure with processed vocals to draw out the tones ever so slightly like a wind through trees. At the one minute eleven seconds mark the song shifts into a different gear with the sound of an accelerating breeze before settling back down into a gentle saunter of uplifting melodies accented by electronic synth tones like ethereal bells. The guitar work less of a textured filigree and a more impressionistic strum to count out the time of the lines of lyrics. The falsetto vocals in the chorus join the song in harmonically blissful territory as the singer reminisces about the place he grew up with memories of what made it so significant to his life as a human and as an artist. Fans of The Verve and Grizzly Bear will appreciate the eclectic blend of sounds and rhythms BUHU employs to craft such an entrancing composition. Listen to “Bend (Wisconsin)” on Spotify and look for the Providence EP due out later in 2020.

https://open.spotify.com/track/3WWA3voVuTi2Mvc1BxEJV5

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