Really blown away by these two tracks sent to me by Julian from the Montreal band Cherry Chapstick and evidently I’m not the only one. It seems like the lip-smacking group is the latest in a string of Canadian artists that have found the sweet spot of texture and complexity using electronic elements without going overboard with it. I think their genre tag of “2 Synths 2 Hearts” is a near perfect description of their sound, with the only improvement to the phrase I can think of is the insertion of “Interwoven” at the end.
Although I was initially attracted to their reworkings of the Silly Kisser’s track “Precious Necklace (Be Good to Me)”, it’s their original song “The Line” that really won me over. The track starts with a slow swell of the melody along with what one would describe as electro-sea gulls squalking in the background, giving the impression that you’re on the boardwalk watching the early morning waves crash into the shore. The sweet sounding vocals enter at the thirty second mark with “The line / The light of day / It’s time / We go our own way” that are sung so loosely as not to detract from the chill vibe of the song. The bridge at the midpoint of the song abruptly cuts to pulsating synth notes, highlighting the drawn out whole-note syllables of the lyrics, before switching back to the original style, slowly fading at the end. A perfect soundtrack for any ocean outing you might find yourself on this summer.
But don’t take my word for it, check out the songs below for yourself. Also, head on over to their myspace page to listen to some more of their stellar tunes.
Silly Kissers // Precious Necklace (Be Good to Me) (A Cherry Chapstick Reimagining)
