We have a real treat today in artist spotlight. 1984 by The Last Concorde is a true 80s gem that lives up its title. This is a beautiful dreamwave track featuring mesmerising vocals by Oblique.
The song itself is a journey on its own, starting with some really well arranged reverbed synths and well placed drum sets. Oblique really creates a magical atmosphere with her great voice but this is before the lyrics actually sinks in.
The lead and background pads fits so well the vocals that usually I don’t expect the lyrics to add another layer of harmony, but this song does the magical three. This could easily be a hymn dedicated to 1984.
As the song progresses it opens up more and more layers just purely with its lyrics. It’s really a fantastic experience. On top of that the arrangement is so spot on that it works perfectly well.
Music affects people differently. Each one of us has a different feeling associated with a given track. It usually happens that a song brings back memories which is always a great feeling but only rarely happens that a song could invoke feelings the first time. Well, in my case it did and it ended up with tears.
In these hard times this song brings the so much needed massive dose of positivity.
The song is available on Bandcamp , Youtube, Spotify . Highly recommended!
Thank you for the magic The Last Condorde, Oblique!