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In his first major hello to 2021, artist and producer Bobby Earth's latest single, "Mal de Mer," wants the first thing you hear to be wormy bass riffs arising from Les Claypool mud. But on the record's own horizon is a provocative tempo and shapely rhythm dwindling the fuse of an anticipation bomb.
Starting at the song's climax, *spoiler alert*, Bobby Earth builds so much tension in "Mal de Mer" with a cacophony of vocoder harmonies laid over synthesizer lines scrambling the harmonies that it begins to sound like a blurred image looks. And the sweet release of that tension through complete changes to the tone, instrumentation and signal of what we're hearing is a gorgeous way to be let go from the record. A face pressed to the keys chord progression met with melodic hums sitting in freedom is a sound of airiness and lightness that has reached new heights in the annals of Bobby Earth's music.
The same can be said about the changes the "Space Trip" artist puts his vocals through. Soaring falsetto captains the chorus and by the verse he drops the sound and picks up a flow that can best be described as having a lower frame rate that affects the delivery and makes the sexual nature of the record fall to the subtext courtesy of tone and style.
Mal de Mer is Bobby Earth doing what he does best -- grown folks content over imaginative beats. Only this one might be better than the rest.
Listen to "Mal de Mer" below.
Lead photo Cred: bandcamp.com
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