Finland-based band, Block of Flats, is back with a brand new hauntingly good single and as music enthusiasts, Melomaniacs had to get their thoughts about it out there.
With heart-wrenching lyrics and imaginative rock sounds and electronic arrangement, this song is quite on brand with the band’s overall musical ambiance. Composed by lead-singer Jonne, produced by Joonas Parkkonen and mixed and mastered by Grammy-
winning Jacob Hansen, the single frames the future outline of the band’s debut album, set to be released in late autumn 2023.
Starting off with a strong bassline supported by intriguing sonar-like synths, the tone of the song is established with a feeling of mysterious darkness and emptiness, resonating with the lyrics. A love that’s dead, a relationship that’s bound to disappear, filled with numbness, all coinciding heavily with the melodious vocals and heaviness of the guitars.
All throughout the verses, you exhilaratingly wait for the catchy chorus which hits every time in a predictable yet very anticipated way, right after well timed pauses, always an enunciator of something good. This predictability goes hand in hand with the relationship’s fate depicted in the lyrics; a sense of knowledge of what is bound to happen both musically and through the storytelling.
“Dead, Dead Inside.
We’re living in this hell that we built for two,
And pretend that it’s alright.
We’re dead inside.”
What might strike you the most upon listening to the song is the hauntingly well executed bridge, which starts off with expressive guitars, clean, glitchy synths, and harmonized vocals. It then slowly evolves into a heavier breakdown with drums, distinct chords, and minor undertones, adding some more dramatism and darkness to the lyrics.
“Every part of me says that I should let go.
There’s no point of dragging the shadow along,
So I burn it down.”
And of course, what would a good rock song be without a nice little beat switch at the end, building the ultimate momentum until you’re left with nothing but the final words, allowing the tune to wrap itself up nicely.
After only a couple of listens, the song will grow on you and might even send you into a loop of replays and a good old earworm. And what more does an artist want than for you to have their song stuck on loop inside your brain?
Written by: Noah F.
