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Rollin Thorne – Fascinación

“Fascinación” is the latest single by Rollin Thorne, an outstanding Peruvian singer-songwriter. It’s his first piece of work this year, arriving as an adequate follow-up to “Lima-Lisboa,” an excellent full-length album released in 2022, including singles “Lima” and “Sufro. However, you’ll notice many innovations in writing, composing, arranging, and producing. This composition pays homage to nostalgic and modern music scenes by combining fundamentals of the eighties music with nineties, noughties, and contemporary additions. Therefore, “Fascinación” embraces some of the finest ingredients borrowed from Latin rock, indie rock, Latin pop, synth pop, synthwave, new wave, etc. You’ll also stumble upon some bits and pieces borrowed from many electronic music genres, so “Fascinación” is one of those tracks that will appeal to even the pickiest music enthusiasts. Rollin Thorne uses all these additional elements as more than necessary enhancements, accentuations, decorations, and other details to uplift his latest song to new heights while retaining the primary sonic direction. Therefore, these experimentations with so many different but complementary music elements will appeal to everyone interested in expertly composed and flawlessly performed pop-rock music.

Photo courtesy of the band.

With the initial notes and beats, it becomes evident that Rollin Thorne took everything into account while writing and composing his new track. “Fascinación” arrives with a marvelous structure, garnered with many intricate segments, brilliant ideas, and outstanding orchestrations. His hearty, soulful, emotive, sincere, and confident vocal performance is the unquestionable centerpiece of this sonic equation, emphasizing every segment and instrumentation to the max. He steers the wheel through this sonic voyage, commands attention, and guides the listening apparatus while seamlessly balancing low, mid, and high notes. You can hear how his voice decorates everything he tried to achieve with his music, guaranteeing a pleasant listening experience. In the meantime, the generously distorted guitar shape is a perfect backdrop for all the vocal maneuvers to shine upon with catchy, memorable, engaging chord progressions and riffs. The interplay between guitars and synths makes this sonic voyage even more ear-appealing, as the synth melodies, harmonies, and leads perfectly match every chord progression.

You’ll also notice how intricate, audible, warm-sounding basslines rumble beneath guitars and synths, offering more than necessary heaviness, clarity, and depth while binding all the orchestrations with the rhythm section. The excellent drumming keeps all the mentioned instrumentations in line while dictating groove and pace with semi-distorted, well-accentuated, moderate beats, breaks, fills, and other percussive acrobatics. Rollin Thorne thought about every detail and nuance, making “Fascinación” such a mesmerizing, outstanding, ear-appealing pop-rock song. The artist pays homage to different music eras, but this way he created a fresh, unique, innovative sound that vividly showcases his songwriting abilities, experience, talent, and skill. With “Fascinación,” he proves that pop rock music can still sound otherwordly and fascinating. Therefore, head to your favorite streaming platforms and listen to this exceptional pop-rock song. 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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