Lush vocals, lyrical vulnerability and contemporary stylings, an acoustic backdrop raised up by a humble electro-pop production – 4Sev7en pours his heart and soul into the poetry, performance and melodic appeal of DISTANT.
Creatively achieving a fine balance between that which feels familiar and colourful, and that which is decidedly original in structure and delivery, 4Sev7en offers the intimacy of an acoustic solo guitar performance, and elevates it with humble design features like reverb and subtle rhythm, to quickly envelop his audience.
We’re then presented with a vocal lead, and lyrics reflecting on a night of heavy intoxication and subsequent regret.
Initially the performance has a kind of emo-rap contemporary flow to it, but this soon evolves into something more impassioned and powerful. The music aptly supports that evolution, the track offering a hypnotic stomp of a groove and melody, to further the sense of longing and romantic uncertainty at the heart of the writing.
The hook resounds, the concept clearly personal but accessible in its relatable sentiments of feeling unable to connect with someone who has made themselves deliberately distant.
With hints of echoing, dreamlike vocal fragments, ‘just drift away’ pours through like a poetic interlude, the passionate rasp and emotion of 4Sev7en’s voice reaching an intoxicating peak, and the production backs this up with a powerful structural shift – one final resolve to that familiar stomp and the hypnotic looping presence of the song’s hook.
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