Blending hazy alt-rock guitar lines and the live crash of drums with vocals that organically meander from spoken to sung, Serag Baddar creates an immersive balance of urgency and softness, with the hypnotic fluidity and infatuation of Limerence.
Letting songwriting and artistry guide, Serag Baddar takes the idea and the feeling and rolls with it – not concerned purely with style or genre, but instead, offering a conceptual deep-dive that’s revealing, personal, and mysterious.
The guitar sound is lush, moments of quickness countered by those that lightly reverberate through the space. Meanwhile the bassline adds depth, the drums fall in and out of view, and the whole thing intertwines a sense of moving at pace and standing completely still in thought.
Four minutes and ten seconds in full, the final third of Limerence reverts to a kind of looping sentiment briefly, before the music falls away, and that organic and now unmistakable guitar and bass-combined riff returns to bring back the hypnotic darkness and groove that’s a pleasure to let rain down around you.
Defined as an involuntary psychological state of intense romantic obsession and longing, Limerence is a relatable topic for many, and this ethereal but grounded guitar and dark-pop aura seems perfectly suited to the intimacy and mildly haunting intentions of the song.
Limerence notes possible influences amidst the progressive rock chambers of Yomi Ship, Plini, and Polyphia, and perhaps the emo-rap hits of recent years, but there’s a clear identity and vibe that’s uniquely enchanting to the Serag Baddar approach – almost with a hint of Nine Inch Nails on occasion.
All at once modest and striking, there’s a refreshing originality and honesty to Limerence – Serag Baddar’s willingness to let humanity and heart take the wheel is the kind of musical approach that’s missing from much of modern music’s programmed core lately. You can hear the live aspect, the musicianship, and the raw and evocative purity of the voice, and this meets beautifully with the vulnerability and uncertainty of the lyrics.
The voice is quietly mixed, sometimes undetectable in topic, but that suits the overall mood of the music – and helps introduce the ambient, alt-rock or shoegaze and rap-fusing artistry of the Serag Baddar creative style.
Find Serag Baddar on Instagram, Facebook & his Website.
