“Apogee” is the second single from Madeline Goldstein’s forthcoming full-length album set for release in fall 2025. It is the first and only co-written song with Matia Simovich (a producer on releases from Them Are Us Too, SRSQ, Riki, Houses of Heaven, Inhalt and others). The song has the hallmarks of Goldstein’s songwriting and vocal that have made her work today some of the most entrancing and sonically rich modern synth pop and darkwave happening. Goldstein’s 2023 EP Other World was a short release to get lost in with the noir storytelling and saturated synth melodies paired with Goldstein’s soaring, melodious and evocative vocals. “Apogee” has all of that but a step further in development with unconventional percussive elements that include field recordings of wrenches dragged across chain link fences and even more layers of synth and electronic drums.
All in all this deeply personal song that seems to be about being in that liminal space in your heart where you wonder if the situation you’re in with someone is reaching a high point or if it’s some kind of yearning that blurs the line between connection and something deeper. The dramatic bursts of crystalline synth tone and pulsing rhythm is engulfing and hypnotic like a melancholic dance song written to induce the crying out of confused and complicated emotions while stuck between feeling so strongly and not knowing if it’s reciprocated or if it’s all been in your head yet not being able to deny your own depth of feeling. And sometimes the best way to process that state of being is to write and hear a song that speaks so directly to an emotional state that is common enough but not often written about with such elegance and tonal precision. Listen to “Apogee” on YouTube and follow Madeline Goldstein at the links below.
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