A Neon-Lit, Synth Riddled, Sci-Fi Based Record from Toffee Nut Orion
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A sonically engulfing new track from Toffee Nut Orion brings with it a vast and cinematic sound with spacious undertone synthesizers, and brings out this semi-classic but still sort of futuristic synthwave approach, blending it all with mass amounts of pop sensibility and vocals that have soul.
"Terramartian Girl" is an amazing study in creating a soundscape that has a perfect blend of pop and edginess, leaning towards this almost dystopian, neon-lit approach and feel, but with a lot of that pop overcoat to give it catchy lines and almost anthemic courses that bounce around in your head for hours or even days after the song has ended.
The song starts with a bit of calmness. It builds up to that chorus in a great way, so that you are sort of invited along for the ride.
The synthesizers are a little bit more mellow, and the beat is still kind of full swing, bringing that drive in combination with the mellow and smooth overtones that you hear.
As the song opens up more and gets closer to that chorus, you hear more spacious synths come in, pads, and ghostly notes that float through the song's ether, giving it depth and unique layers.
Once it hits that chorus, the main synthesizer is key. Old and new school synthwave sounds.
You can tell there was a lot of attention paid to the textures of the instruments used.
The song builds in a way that pulls you in, and the song has the ability to swallow you up very quickly.
As the song unfolds, you get heavier beats, more ambience, and vocal hooks left and right that really wrap themselves around you and keep you right where they want to.
The main vocals of the track are also really robust. Even though the verses are performed more delicately, so their song is a little lighter, they build up with the rest of the song so that all the energy levels fluctuate together.
Part of the element of futuristic or even science fiction is the lyrics. The lyrics are about a space Traveler who falls in love with the terramartian girl during his journeys.
Some of the lyrical detail is so brilliant because it actually does tell a story. And it is a science fiction one. You were able to visualize some of these lines amazingly, and I feel like there was a lot of thought that went into the story of it all and how it would play out.
I love that it delivers all of that thick storyline with detail the way this does. You don't get it all the time, so when it comes along, it's quite refreshing.
Songs that allow you to paint a picture in your head as they play are brilliant to me.
Listening to this track is almost like reading a chapter in a book, and once you pick it up, you don't want to put it down.
That brilliantly filmic backbone is always there, in both instrument and vocals, lyrics and aesthetic.
It makes me wonder how someone brings a song like this to fruition from whatever the idea was in the first place.
This is a track I would absolutely suggest listening to with headphones on because it's one of the best ways to soak in all of these gorgeous textures and tones that sort of come at you the entire time.
Now, this single is off a record called Belter, which also reaches into other aspects of spacious and pop-riddled approaches, still sticking to this science fiction storyline through and through, giving the entire record quite a boisterous style.
It is a 10-track release, and "Terramartian Girl" serves as the door opener to the rest of the album.
This is all incredibly brilliantly done, and the production is absolutely outstanding. There's a great polish and shimmer to just about everything you hear, and the songs interconnect with each other as they should, because this is somewhat of a concept album.
I would suggest not just listening to the single, but the entire record all at once, in one shot.
Doing this will give you such a great experience, and it will serve as an amazing escape.
This is an album that will pull you away from wherever you are and whatever you're doing and put you in an entirely different headspace for a good chunk of time.
So like I said before, if "Terramartian Girl" is just one chapter in this, then it's the first one.
You want to go for the entire thing.
I love hearing a record that's got all these different creative inputs and outputs.
I think you will too, so pop on some headphones and crank this record because it will take you for a killer journey.
Dive into this one now, and remember where you heard it first.
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