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WOTTS – ALLO!

“ALLO!” is a brand new track by Canadian duo WOTTS, released today via all streaming platforms. It’s their fifth offering that serves as an appropriate follow-up to “Wheel,” “Blue,” “Garden,” and “Be Kind,” their previous singles released earlier this year. Soundwise, WOTTS embrace the fundamentals of indie sound, but it’s not the only style you’ll stumble upon this ear-appealing sonic journey. Perhaps indie pop and indie rock come to mind first, but “ALLO!” also carries some of the finest properties borrowed from other complementary music genres like synthwave, synth-pop, dream pop, and alt-pop. These additional sonic ingredients serve as more than necessary enhancements, accentuations, decorations, and other details that unquestionably uplift this mesmerizing song on an entirely new level, while the duo remains loyal to the primary sonic direction.

As soon as you press play, you’ll notice that WOTTS thoroughly planned everything. Their new single shines with brilliant ideas and exceptional musicianship from scratch to finish. The carefully assembled structure carries many ear-appealing segments, sonic delicacies, and surprises, and it seems this song sounds even better after each listening session. The outstanding vocal harmonies serve as a centerpiece, and they emphasize everything these profoundly creative musicians tried to achieve with their song. You’ll also notice how generous servings of reverb, echo, and delay provide that hypnotic, ethereal, cathartic feel to these vocal maneuvers, but they’re also applied over the instrumentations too.

The powerful synth themes, leads, melodies, harmonies, and ambient sequences play one of the most significant roles in shaping such a mesmerizing atmosphere, as they shine in every segment of the song, while the semi-distorted guitars offer support through delicate accentuations and chord progressions. It’s also good to mention that the equally complex, vividly hearable, warm-sounding basslines provide more than necessary heaviness, depth, and clarity, while the outstanding drumming performance contributes to groove and pace through moderate, well-accentuated beats, breaks, fills, and other percussive acrobatics.

As you can see, WOTTS thought about even the tiniest details while writing, composing, recording, and producing their latest single, and the effort paid off in a magnificent number that will appeal to even the pickiest listeners. It’s one of those compositions that will suit die-hard indie pop fans and those newbies to the genre because WOTTS put all their creativity, talent, ideas, and musical skill while working on “ALLO!” The single is available on all streaming platforms. Don’t miss it!

Djordje Miladinović

Hi, my name is Djordje and music is my passion. You'll probably find me at the gigs, in a local record store, distro or in front of my PC searching for some quality music to listen to. Do not hesitate to contact me. By becoming a Patron, you're keeping Thoughts Words Action alive. https://www.patreon.com/thoughtswordsaction

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