Nighdrator builds a scaffolding for the unfolding sounds of the rest of “Wilted Wings” with its opening guitar riff. But the song ramps up into a processional ritual of contemplative, distorted spirals within which Emma Fruit with soaring vocals offers a rare insight into how often our best efforts can seem doomed from the beginning from reaching full flight like Icarus and his wings of wax rendered inadequate because of his hubris. There’s a tragedy to that psychological dynamic that the band captures so well with its ability to let tones hang and burn giving the whole song an elevated sense of world weariness. Sonically it seems to bring together the aesthetics of post-punk and the tribal doom of a band like SubRosa and in moments it’s reminiscent of Gerard McMahon’s song “Cry Little Sister” from The Lost Boys but more epic in tone and poignantly mournful of the thwarted potential presented in the song’s words. Listen to “Wilted Wings” on Spotify and follow Nighdrator at the links below.
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