'Stay' / Brambles [Premiere]
Brambles follows up latest single with off-kilter, experimental pop-track ‘Stay’
Brambles’ latest single “Stay” announces a genre shift for the previously ambient electronica artist - this time playing with frantic vocal chops, otherworldly tuning and glitch programming. It’s the second taste of their forthcoming album Mirror due in November, and features a hypnotising animation by 3D artist Chris Domeny.
Brambles says on the single:
“With Stay I wanted to create a song inspired by the process of an emotional breakthrough, this led to contrasting sections of chaos and realisation. Everything is forever shifting and for me this song was pivotal in exploring a new sound palette.”
With a career spanning nearly a decade and incredible debut album Charcoal up their sleeves, Brambles’ journey has moved organically with them - changing and progressing as they themselves did. During these years of training and experimentation the multi-instrumentalist moved from traditional instruments, to a PlayStation DAW before delving deep and passionately into the world of software synths. The result is a cultivated understanding and intuition of the tools, which has led to their most exciting project to date in Mirror; a true marker of their experimental and boundary-pushing style.
Brambles says on the album:
“The album explores the different personalities and experiences of a travelling entity, mashing and blurring many different genres together. My aim was to create a highly textured collection of tracks ranging from soft to super crunchy and everything in between. The album explores the different personalities and experiences of a travelling entity, mashing and blurring many different genres together. My aim was to create a highly textured collection of tracks ranging from soft to super crunchy and everything in between.”
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Artwork by Ida Lissner (@idalissner)
Visualiser by Christian Domeny (@konti_chr)
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