Platonick Dive – Carpet Ceiling

“Carpet Ceiling” is the latest composition by Platonick Dive, an exceptional Italian trio. It’s their comeback single, serving as an adequate follow-up of “Social Habits,” an outstanding full-length album released in 2018. With an obvious gap in writing and recording music arrives innovation in songwriting, composing, arranging, and producing, so Platonick Dive invested nothing but brilliant ideas and impressive musicianship, resulting in a number that will immediately grab your attention. Soundwise, this Italian trio embraces the fundamentals of post-rock sound, but it’s not the only music genre you’ll stumble upon on this mesmerizing sonic journey. Quite the contrary, Platonick Dive explores the vast universe constructed of some of the finest elements borrowed from many different but complementary music genres like art-rock, instrumental rock, shoegaze, dream pop, cinematic ambient, etc. All these experimentations with additional sonic ingredients resulted in a fascinating voyage that will tickle all your senses.

As soon as you press play, you’ll notice that Platonick Dive are not joking around with their music. There are layers upon layers of cleverly assembled instrumentation acting as an engaging, rich, luxurious, powerful backdrop that grabs listeners and refuses to let go. Their ability to produce captive, easy-listening, marvelous landscapes where all the instrumentations shine in the limelight goes beyond comprehension throughout the entire composition. “Platonick Dive” have a particular ability to construct profoundly complex song structures where every segment arrives with intricate vocal, sonic, and rhythmic maneuvers. Still, these vocal articulations serve more as atmospheric additions than a force that guides the listener through every sequence. These choirs help out instrumentations in shaping that hypnotic, addictive, irresistible ambiance that immediately sucks you into the Platonick Dive’s illustrious sonic universe. Of course, the guitars play a significant role in shaping the mentioned atmospheric vibes. You’ll be impressed by the comprehensive collection of various instrumental acrobatics built upon arpeggiated and regular chord progressions, engaging riffs, ear-appealing leads, themes, melodies, and harmonies. The interplay between rhythm and lead guitars sounds incredible from scratch to finish, commanding the attention and keeping your listening apparatus occupied.

This post-rock number wouldn’t sound magnificent without the equally fascinating rhythm section. You’ll notice how equally intricate, vividly hearable, warm-sounding basslines offer more than necessary heaviness, depth, and clarity while simultaneously binding guitars and drums. The outstanding drumming performance dictates groove and tempo with complex rhythmic sequences. You’ll hear how tastefully assembled, well-accentuated beats, breaks, fills, and other percussive acrobatics keep everything in line while also offering all those percussive acrobatics that make this composition even better. Platonick Dive thought about everything and their top-tier ideas and instrumentations will instantly enchant you. “Carpet Ceiling” is one of those numbers that will appeal to even those listeners who are stumbling upon post-rock for the first time. They invested all their experience, knowledge, talent, and skills into it, resulting in one of the best compositions in the genre this year. The number is available on all streaming platforms. Don’t miss it!