Subsonic Eye: “Aquarius”

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On final 12 months’s Nature of Issues, Singaporean band Subsonic Eye traded their lush dream-pop soundscapes for tight, post-punky indie rock that landed someplace in between Life With out Buildings and Snail Mail. “Aquarius,” from their newest Soften the Wax EP, exists in the identical musical vein. Pushed by drummer Lucas Tee’s facility for rollicking breakbeats and singer Nur Wadidah’s attribute drawl, it’s filled with adolescent unease and bittersweet longing; the band’s jangle and pitch bends appear each heat and funky, like a malaise introduced on by summer season rain. On the observe, Wadidah explores her ever-changing conception of self, seemingly greedy that adolescence is awaiting the day you’ll have all of it discovered, and maturity arrives if you come to phrases with its impossibility: “Actually thought I bought a grip/discovering that it’s not the case,” she sings. Within the bridge, her youthful affinity for Avril Lavigne rears its head as she echoes the pop star’s sassy vocal supply in “Girlfriend.” An attractive peek at Southeast Asian indie, “Aquarius” is a candy and easy coming-of-age music.

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