#11 - Sudan Archives - "ChevyS10"
“ChevyS10” submerges you in Sudan Archives’ cinematic sound-world so vividly. The six-minute track is ostensibly about a woman recalling a night when she was drifting around with a man in his Chevy.
The song unfurls like a bleary, radiantly colorful dream sequence. It begins with an expanse of vaporous synth and gently curling guitar, the washed-out haze of sound occasionally punctured by moments that register with startling clarity, such as a cell phone ringing or buttons being dialed. The emotion is hyperreal yet indescribable, a tangle of longing, nostalgia, pride, and satisfaction. Brittney Parks’ voice is simultaneously misty and pristine, jumping and flowing at you from multiple layers like jumbled thoughts trying to clutch your attention in a semi-conscious state. The drums switch up just enough—from fretting hi-hats to a drifting dance rhythm to a boisterous party beat—to give the song a sonic narrative, like it’s moving through time. "We gotta make a decision," she insists near the end between laughs and filtered vocals, instruments carousing in the background. "We can leave tonight or we can die this way." The sound evokes one of those reflective or cathartic night rides around town when all the other cars are tucked away and the traffic lights are barely flickering anymore.
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#24 - elusin - “Elksling”
#23 - skaiwater - “#miles”
#22 - Wednesday - “Bull Believer”
#21 - islurwhenitalk - “pink neon lights”
#20 - Two Shell - “home” & “Memory” (tie)
#19 - Luci4 - “ON GANG”
#18 - Harto Falión - “{*______*}” (prod. evilgiane, whitearmor, Gud)
#17 - lecie - “ex post facto”
#16 - Yung Lean ft. FKA twigs - “Bliss”
#15 - DJ:ReCode - “adhd” ft. tobre & “keeper” ft. goji! & BIO (tie)
#14 - Uffie - “dominoes”