Uncover Matt Saxton ‘Freedom’ Storage and drum & bass with a singer-songwriter sensibility.

Matt Saxton – ‘Freedom’

What does freedom imply to us? We’ve all dreamed of freedom from stress, freedom from work, freedom from duty. However Matt Saxton’s imaginative and prescient of ‘Freedom’ is a much less widespread, however not unrelatable one – freedom from ourselves. Our personal minds are the last word inescapable enemy typically – so who hasn’t wished to be another person for a pair hours or so? 

Matt Saxton is a singer-songwriter hailing from the UK, whose years of releases have spanned and blended genres from folks to rock to electronica. Anybody having fun with this observe can dive right into a wholesome again catalogue!

‘Freedom’ is a melancholic digital observe devoted to escapism, which is saved from being overly unhappy by its driving rhythms and uplifting melodies.

The easy but efficient melodies describe an actual longing to get away from oneself, ‘even when it’s only for an hour’. A need to be transported into one other life, ‘even when it places me proper down in the midst of the highway’. Saxton’s voice is simple but compelling, and the swish melodies layer and repeat till they create one thing hypnotic, and the titular ‘Freedom’ hook will get firmly caught into your mind. 

The manufacturing begins with a basic storage beat alongside a flowing piano riff and once more builds up subtly but successfully. There are stunning harmonies, layers of synths, and cello-like bass strains, all rising and falling in flip. The melodic sensibilities recall to mind acts like Daft Punk, whereas the beats are extra basic storage acts like 3 of a Type, however the songwriting undoubtedly has a extra basic singer-songwriter really feel. A compelling observe from Matt Saxton. 

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