The fantastic thing about any indie artist, tune, or no matter relevant is that you just usually get a uncooked sound that might in any other case be misplaced within the context of a much bigger manufacturing. “Soulbound” by Pheonix is at the moment’s instance of this precisely.

Artists have confirmed over time which you can make a timeless piece that’s simply as minimalistic as it may be sophisticated. The thought being that every tune would require a unique define of complimentary components or reductions. “Soulbound”, as a collective, finds itself in between the candy spot of being simplistic and being subtle. The observe begins with The Seaside Boys impressed harmonies, haunting lyrics of separation, and a guitar riff for the tempo. Pheonix is already well-known for his versatility inside different genres, and his lyrics on this tune are a constructive testomony of that as effectively. The purpose being, among the rhyme-schemes getting used and sung would really feel atypical within the hip-hop and/or rap scene, however really feel unknown on this context of a darkish indie-pop tune. Stylistic selections comparable to these are the spine to the general success Pheonix has earned from songs comparable to this. It’s the orchestra, the harmonies, the lyrics, the melodies, the two-note guitar half used all through the entire tune only for atmosphere, and every thing associated that makes this and different songs by Pheonix soar.

The observe is roughly three minutes lengthy, and ends with pianos, strings, horns, woodwinds, a choir of vocal tracks, and extra. Pheonix talked about that he made this tune in a studio residence that he used to dwell at, and in a unusually honest manner, “Soulbound” is the product of heartbreak and separation, however it’s additionally the product of an actual expertise, an actual second, and an actual feeling caught by somebody within the house of their very own residence and ideas. It’s laborious to think about the tune in a much bigger studio manufacturing on condition that the quantity of attributes serving to the tune would’ve solely been potential within the circumstances that occurred as is.