Red Skies Mourning – Lost Without You (2022)
With his single ‘Reflection’, Red Skies Mourning brought the intricate balance of light and dark to our ears. His latest single ‘Lost Without You’ continues his collaboration with Ryan Curtis and Cesar Da Emperor as they weave their indie-rock sound around your senses. With a mature style, the single lets you know the direction he is heading and what we can all expect in the future.
While this single was the first song from the rebranding of Red Skies Mourning, the maturity and sophistication are unparalleled. Blending a range of genres that get you moving while inundating your senses with emotions, it has you eager for more and readily diving into his back catalogue. If you are in the mood for a single that showcases the confidence of the artist, this is definitely the one for you.
‘Lost Without You’ pulls you in with a strummed tone that leads you into a great indie-rock melody. The drums get you bopping to the beat while keys haze over everything with a slightly retro edge. It is a light and moving melody that puts a bounce in your step and a small smile on your face. As you listen to the music, a wash of good vibes flows through your veins. The happiness and good vibes of the music is a little at odds with the lyrics that tell a much sadder tale.
As you bop away to the music, the lyrics drop you into the feeling of being lost after a breakup. The vocals have a reflective feeling through the opening verse as he thinks back on how everything in the relationship changed. The chorus has a soaring tone that echoes into the soundscape as he unleashed the pain he is feeling. The contrast of the happy vibes in the melody and the pain of the vocals has been wonderfully handled. From the second verse, the lyrics consider how he is feeling after the relationship breaks down and there is a sense of hopelessness. The chorus comes through this pain with its catchy sound that has you wanting to sing along with it.
Red Skies Mourning contrasts happy melodic vibes with pain-filled vocals as he delves into the pain of a relationship turning in ‘Lost Without You’. The melody gets you bopping to its indie-rock beat while feeling good vibes flowing through your veins. The vocals are a contrast with the pain-filled delivery wrapping around sad lyrics.
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