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Indie Underrated is a Jersey based music blog covering the international underground indie music community. Our goal is to highlight the best in undiscovered, underrated bands and artists.
Candy Paint’s new album HUMAN BEINGS is finally here! This alt pop record combines some time-tested musical techniques with modern production qualities to achieve a sound that is simultaneously fresh and familiar.
“CHEMICAL BATH” establishes a motif of restraint that persists throughout the project. This acoustic guitar-based track presents a spare-yet-effective performance through a filter of reverb, grain, and other atmospheric effects. This texture is a staple of the Candy Paint sound, and we think fans of Post Malone should love it.
“C R Y A B O U T I T” diverges from the acoustic to employ lush (but still spare) synth tones over a classic, downtempo R&B groove. To us, this one sounds like a modern take on soul ballads previously championed by groups like The Persuaders and the Delfonics and we’re thrilled to see a new artist embracing this style!
R&B influence can be found, too, in the drowsy rhythm of “HELL.” But this is also where we start to see some modern pop characteristics emerge from the record. The simple chord progression and sinister melodies here remind us of Billie Eilish. What distinguishes the “HELL” sound from hers, though, are those sharp guitar screams toward the end.
Candy Paint’s style is perhaps most explicitly represented in “HONESTY.” This song is characterized by lofi percussion, uncomplicated chords, and soulful vocal melodies. Candy Paint has a dynamic voice that appears as the centerpiece of most of these songs, and it’s always used to deliver carefully-crafted lyrical compositions. Here, it reminds us a little of The Weeknd.
Check out these four songs on our playlist and the entirety of HUMAN BEINGS, available now on Spotify!
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Indie Underrated is a Jersey based music blog covering the international underground indie music community. Our goal is to highlight the best in undiscovered, underrated bands and artists.
We continue with Candy Paint and their proposal "CHEMICAL BATH", a song that is interesting for its focus on instrumentation, the piece is supported by a simple base with marked acoustic tendencies, which allows the artist's voice to shine and become the protagonist, guiding the melody through a landscape of indie pop and dream pop.
There is an important emotional charge behind this release, since "CHEMICAL BATH" will be part of his next album entitled HUMAN BEINGS, which will be released this November 1st, the artist himself has mentioned that this is an album that means absolutely everything to him, so we can expect a very personal and careful delivery.
R+ - Medio Músical
Candy Paint shares the single "C R Y A B O U T I T", a track that explores alt pop, indie pop, and contemporary emotional pop. The production is characterized by enveloping synthesizers, an introspective rhythm and melodic vocals with an ethereal texture, generating a nocturnal and confessional atmosphere.
The song explores anxiety, emotional exhaustion and the feeling of being left behind, themes that resonate deeply in a generation marked by overexertion and constant comparison. "C R Y A B O U T I T" reflects that moment when you feel overwhelmed and aimless, but keep trying to stay calm while everything around you seems to fall apart.