Bosola – Comfort Disorder (2024)
If you enjoy the musical stylings of Big Thief, Teenage Fanclub, Big Star and Radiohead, the chances are you will love Bosola. Hailing from the UK (Newcastle to be exact), the group take listeners through slips of post-punk, highways of power-pop, indie-rock canals, alternative rock potholes and folk-pop fences with their kaleidoscopic melodies. 2023 was a busy year for Bosola releasing well-received singles, featuring on international blogs and radio stations, and garnering a loyal following across the globe. They enter 2024 on the same high receiving critical acclaim for their single ‘Truth Man’, added to numerous playlists, and performed at Coastal Crawl with a busy headline show at Little Buildings. Join us as we jump into their discography, and hope we come out unscathed on the other side.
The second release of 2024, Bosola’s ‘Comfort Disorder’ follows the acclaimed track ‘Truth Man’. Retaining the nostalgic whisper of old-school Radiohead, ‘Comfort Disorder’ drags the sound of the 80s and 90s to modern-day listeners proving that music transcends time, space and distance. Slower and steadier than the upbeat ‘Truth Man’, ‘Comfort Disorder’ find the darker, desperate, wringing your hands and sighing in frustration side of things.
A sophisticated single, Bosola executes grunge distortion with indie-rock flair, ‘Comfort Disorder’ encapsulates the core of harmonic symphony through a contrary starkness of instrumental individuality. In other words, each instrument demands attention but in its obscurity, a mellifluous union perfectly depicts the melancholy, vulnerable concept. Tim Cox explains:
“’Comfort Disorder’ is a song about reaching the end of your tether in a relationship, washed up and burnt out, it’s time to split. The embers of the romantic flame that drew you together now hangs over you, stinking the place out. Surely it meant something, but in reality, it probably didn’t! It’s an anthem for the cold light of day.”
Flooded with kaleidoscopic despair of guitars, drums and Cox’s gruff vocals, one can easily become lost in the heart-breaking sonic swirl. Oddly enough, just as ‘Comfort Disorder’ eats at your soul (in the best way possible), it is encouraging knowing that at least one person can resonate with the laboured emotions of unwanted love. Potentially the theme song for Married At First Sight, Bosola elegantly capture the tears of frustration following a blooming romance.
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