An early morning, dreamlike energy courses through sydastry’s “moonlight.” The songwriter’s vocal style shifts easily from singing to more spoken word passages to suit the moment as the song progresses. It seems as though the more spoken sections represent reflecting in expository fashion and the singing more in the moment and being in the present tense. The music is melodic and ethereal, breezy, luminous and gentle whether in forward motion or lingering on a feeling. It’s the kind of pop song without standard arrangement or structure that has a seemingly intuitive flow of rhythm and tonal flourishes that invites one into its own entrancing logic. It’s like a song that should have been in a Satoshi Kon film that was never made, imbued with a comforting mood as it lays out uncomfortable subjects in a manner that make them seem more explicable. Listen to “moonlight” on Bandcamp and follow Dallas-Fort Worth/based artist sydastry at the link below.
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