Volantes sharpened their cinematic lounge rock signature with Essential Theme, a standout single from their upcoming LP, Diamonds. By way of contortions of surf rock, storage rock, Flamenco licks, and shimmers of Cramps-y rugged debonair power, the Malmö-based band placed on an exhibition of pure guitar porn. They know precisely what tone will go away you weak on the knees, what scale will make you submit, and how one can wield their swagger with out ever overplaying their hand.
Far out of your common wanky guitar-driven indulgence, Essential Theme isn’t about flexing technical capacity, despite the fact that there’s loads of that on present. It’s about altering your state of being via songwriting intuition alone. The crooning vocals take a respectful backseat to the instrumental narrative, displaying up simply usually sufficient to swathe the observe in semi-lucid, hallucinogenic fervour.
For all their reverence to the annals of rock, Volantes have pushed past peddled retro tropes and created one thing that slides completely between cult cool and compositional cultivation. Their DNA would possibly reference the previous, however they’ve rewritten the blueprint on their very own phrases.
Following the sleeper success of their Gprevious & Fireplace EP on Argentinian social media, Essential Theme launches the subsequent chapter of Volantes with cinematic focus. And if this observe is something to go by, Diamonds received’t be sprucing what got here earlier than, it’ll be slicing straight via it.
Essential Theme is now accessible on all main streaming platforms; for the total expertise, stream the official video on YouTube.
Evaluate by Amelia Vandergast
