Imagine, if you will, a karaoke bar. The bouncy, melodic ’60s pop-sample of the intro to a Jens Lekman track starts to play, and the ashen vocalist with mic in hand instead begins to sing their favorite Lil Peep track over it. Excuse this crude cartoon, but it’s what I heard with this 2018 song, and that uncomfortable blend is what I loved about it. Most Yves Tumor tracks so far in their career had been knotty, dark instrumentals. The addition of prominent vocals to this backdrop does wonders at embellishing and deepening the uneasy experience of hearing the song’s sunny introduction begin to crumble.
This post originally appeared at The Bozho.