Enoch Porch – Change (2022)
There are times when we all have thought about what it would be like to wake up in a new reality. This is something that Enoch Porch takes to another level with his single ‘Change’. The synthwave track taps into dream pop and rock pop to take us on a journey into a new world and the emotions that follow. With a slightly retro touch, he balances the energy of newness with the tug of nostalgia for what has been left behind.
As a child, Porch was surrounded by music, but really fell in love with creating his own when his grandmother gave him a ukulele for Christmas. Since then, he has learnt to play a range of instruments and how to record his own music. Over the years, he has played in several bands, become a fledgling recording engineer and spends his time not making music as a woodworker.
‘Change’ brings the touch of retro vibes to our ears from the first note, taking us back in time to the 80s and early 90s. There is a dreamy feeling to the movement of the melody as it lulls your senses into a state of relaxation. This state allows you to really soak up what his vocals have to say, while floating down the soundscape in a new reality. The synths meet the guitars for a soothing river of sound that carries you away on the current of emotion woven into the vocal performance. An extremely mellow track, you can’t help but feel a weight being lifted off you. As the single progresses, some of the dreaminess bleeds off for a bopping movement that brings the emotions of the track to a head. There is a wonderful push and pull laced into the steady flow of the music as the past pushes at the back of your brain, only for something more contemporary to hook you and pull you forward.
Through all of this, Porch’s vocals are a delicate light that shines over the movement of the music. There is a touch of a sigh to his performance that tugs at feelings of nostalgia and thoughts of the past. This makes the move toward something new more poignant as you feel the emotive tug of what is being left behind. His performance takes the mellow vibes of the song to another level, while tapping into an emotional depth that is truly fantastic. The easy flow of his voice makes it so easy to sink into the story of the track and feel the emotions he has infused into each word, like they are your own.
Enoch Porch has you floating on mellow and dreamy vibes while he tugs at nostalgic emotions, while pushing you forward into contemporary vibes in ‘Change’. Both the melody and vocals pick up some retro tones and weave them into a relaxing mellow soundscape. This mellow soundscape lulls you into a state where the emotive touches of the single can really hit home.
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