Take A Relaxing Moment To Be Enchanted By Staring At The Sea From The International Duo Phonseca

Phonseca 
Staring At The Sea 
Old Bad Habits 
 
A teaser from the sophomore album by Phonseca, a collaboration between Bristol’s Matthew O'Connor on keyboards and the Swedish songstress Kristina Sheppard, Staring At The Sea takes synthpop to serious levels. It’s an extraordinary time, with their debut already gaining high profile attention for its inventive ambient electronic take on songwriting. Written about seeking love and not holding back, a musical serenade awaits within the enchanting mix of 80s style drum loops, synthesiser, and voice. A blank canvas for the imagination, an open sea before us takes all the time it needs to hypnotise and enchant us with its open-ended mystery. A song with this title surely takes inspiration from this intellectual escape from the self. Let’s listen and find out.  
 
Bouncing calmness manifests through tone and clarity as the keyboard enters with digital melody. As the lyrics begin, drumming kicks in with light touches and a hi-hat snare driven tempo. A silky vocal begins to drizzle the music with lines of poetic story. A laid-back beauty simmers on the low heat as bass rises with wholesome and elastic range. The song begins to speak, Swedish language spoken word haunts the music as piano echoes through the dream. Relaxing and enriched with a sense of folk charm, the synthpop frame takes a lead all of its own with cinematic and karaoke suited delivery.   

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