The mornings this week have been so sweetly delicate: you can’t help but hang on to those fleeting days of summer, but feeling that nice taste of the crisp fall to come, it’s oh so nice. Every morning this week I’ve woken up in this bittersweet limbo stage looking for something to listen to that’s not going to disrupt that tranquility but at the same time, not lull me into hibernation: not just yet.
Active Child was the exact remedy I had been looking for. His album You Are All I See, released yesterday, via Vagrant is a haunting orchestrated love ballad of awesomeness. His chilling falsetto harmonies float within his chamber harpsichord tones, all over a subtle dubstep drive. Pat Grossi, the grown-up behind “Active Child”, utilizes precise synthesizing to pair with his bellow-ous vocals that roll over the subterranean layers ever-so-gently.
This album is great to settle into that transition: that place where the warm collides with the cool and creates an abruptly evolving burst of tranquility. You Are All I See is great to listen to on long-term DeLorean rides, day-trips to Jupiter and picnics on a rainy day in Zagreb.
