ArtfulFrankArthur's newest "Reflection" is a song of ambient sojourn through life's meandering roads, and it is seen in slightly smokey, dreamy tones that are both accessible and touchingly felt.
The single "Reflection" envelops you within a soundscape where each note bears weight. The melody is toe-tapping but the tune you find yourself humming before you register the sound, lodged in your memory by emotional gravity alone. The lyrics explore the ups and downs of the life experience, responding to challenges with poetic ease that seems both personal and collective. "Reflection" is the raw vulnerability behind the process of making it.
The genius behind this musical piece is Andersén, who performed all the instruments except the drums played by his right-hand-man Viljo Rissanen, a familiar face from previous band formations Andersén has been part of. This tactile, top-down approach gives the song an intimate, hand-crafted quality uncommon in today's digital-heavy music landscape.
A certain charm hangs over the song's smokey epidermis as a conversation had in the late, low hours of the night by someone you've known for a long time, full of reminisces about what we've all done and where it is we'll go. It's dreamy but not distant, catchy but not commercial, emotionally immediate but not overbearing. ArtfulFrankArthur's "Reflection" is a song about the way of life for you searching for tethered music as genuine as their reiterations.
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