ALTAN – Nevermind (2021)
Over the last two years, we have faced unprecedented challenges and difficult circumstances. At the height of the pandemic, ALTAN wrote ‘Nevermind’, which draws on this common experience and tries to help us deal with future challenges in a healthy way. Using the narrative of a person wanting to help a loved one out of the unknown, he considers how people can reach a point of indifference, through an inability to act.
Packed with the message that regardless of how you feel right now, holding on will bring the light of a better day. The single is atmospheric, yet hopeful. As ALTAN draws on experiences that are universal, his music swirls with as much relatability as alternative pop vibes. The heartfelt sound of his music shines in this track, while the dreaminess of the music adds to the sad atmospherics.
The dreamy and ambient tones of ‘Nevermind’ float through your senses allowing the vocals to shine from the start. The relaxed vibes start to drop as the beats shuffle through the low levels of the melody. There is a building beat that starts to get your heart racing a little as you creep up the melody. The music is an interesting mixture of ambient softness and sonic obstacles that threaten to throw themselves in your path. This movement makes the single very different to the other music you might be listening to right now.
As the melody floats in the soundscape, the vocals call out to you with a light touch of RnB. There is a pleading tone to the verses, as the lyrics call out to someone struggling, whom you want to help. The chorus takes a darker turn as you feel the building of apathy and indifference to the predicament the person faces. The swing between the verses and chorus perfectly captures the turn of emotions from hopeful to apathetic, that many of us have gone through. The sonic representation of struggles we have all faced is wonderful and captivating, while soft and enthralling.
ALTAN swings from floating light to apathetic indifference to the struggles of others through the dynamic sounds of ‘Nevermind’. The melody floats into life with a mixture of ambient softness and shuffling beats. The vocals match the melody in their dreaminess, before turning to a darker feeling of apathy on the chorus.
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