Capturing the cyclical, season-like actions of life inside a chilling chamber-folk sound, “Dogwood Winter” is a shifting new monitor from Kaigara. The discharge represents continued success from the Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter and violinist, who caught our ears final month with the haunting single “Mango Tree.”
“A “dogwood winter” is Southern slang for a sudden chilly snap in late spring, round when dogwood timber bloom,” says Amy Amatya, the artist behind the venture. “The music is about how life goes by way of cycles and a few years winter can really feel everlasting, but concurrently this impermanence ensures that spring will arrive finally. It ends on a sonically and lyrically hopeful word, the place the dogwood winter has handed and flowers start to emerge.”
Light acoustics and a lush outside atmosphere complement a haunting vocal presence, letting out: “I do know that you simply’re sick of dogwood winters, however you must by no means go to mattress indignant.” Strings maneuver inward with looming ferocity, alternating between extra solemn folks settings and melancholic intrigue — as a brisker mystique takes maintain following the “she’s unstoppable” line. Rhythmic interweaving pairs with the strings and guitars thereafter for a completely memorable sound, representing one other thorough success from Kaigara.
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This and different tracks featured this month will be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Rising Singles’ Spotify playlist.
The monitor can be featured within the genre-based, best-of Spotify compilation Rising Indie Rock.
