2018’s “An Incorruptible Dream” was a stunning resume piece that cemented the Australian producer/singer’s talent for blending alternative R&B with experimental art-pop cuts, seeing press compare him to Lido, Golden Vessel and PARTYNEXTDOOR. Its opener, “Movin’ On” was officially curated by Spotify into their coveted Lotus playlist, and the six-track EP continues to attract fans and playlist adds today.

Not one to leave fans wanting, Spectoral built hype throughout 2020 with a string of colourful collaborations, notably DAISY LANE with pop singer-songwriter Kathana, ATLANTIS with rapper-producer Satisdiction, and DREAMS with synthpop outfit The Safety Word.

It was all leading up to this. Now, a bigger and bolder Spectoral returns with a much anticipated follow-up album that reflects the producer’s evolution and maturity. DARKNESS MAY FIND US boasts six tracks and half a dozen collaborators, many from the world of hip-hop, including features from Canberra’s Kirklandd and Perth’s Aunty Mango.

Accompanying DARKNESS MAY FIND US is Spectoral’s brand new, lead single, THE WEATHER SLOWLY WARMED. Invoking the expansive, lustful productions of The Weeknd, THE WEATHER SLOWLY WARMED is a forward-thinking slice of subversive pop-R&B that builds from unsettling, experimental textures. 

Vulnerably spot-lit, Spectoral’s vocal shines like a moonbeam, guiding us through an evolving arrangement that steadily turns up the heat from its granular, wintery beginnings to a temperate, bass-laden bop.

Speaking about the inspiration behind penning the track, Spectoral says, “My Pa told me a year ago, that all the songs from his generation are about "chasing love". He said he'd love to hear a song about "not needing love to find happiness" written from the male perspective. So I set out to deliver this as if it were a classic love song, but the lyrics are actually the total antithesis of wanting a relationship to work. I don’t hear that angle explored very often from the male perspective in R&B. The idea of boldly declaring to yourself that you’re actually so much happier without the drama someone else brings. It’s cathartic, freeing and strangely sexy.”

Spectoral wrote the majority of THE WEATHER SLOWLY WARMED while staying at his Mauritian grandparents’ secluded property in Maryborough, Queensland, and finished recording it back in Melbourne, prior to the lockdowns. The single is also co-produced by maverick Texan hip-hop R&B producer Denzel Stone.

Adding to the single’s appeal is a gorgeously animated music video, exploring the transition between seasons around a continuously rotating world. The music video will be available on Spectoral’s official YouTube & VEVO channel as well as social media channels, shortly after the audio.

THE WEATHER SLOWLY WARMED and its accompanying album, DARKNESS MAY FIND US, releases everywhere on January 22nd, 2021.

DARKNESS MAY FIND US

Australian born, with Mauritian and Slovakian parentage, Spectoral is a singer-songwriter rising out of the tightly connected Melbourne producer scene. Amassing several thousand followers on Insta, he pulls impressive numbers on Spotify with each release. Spectoral's fanbase has swelled in the past year thanks to strong, acclaimed live performances, his social network omnipresence, and most of all, the music. Known for his sultry-pop vocal style, Spectoral blends singer-songwriter lyricism with his unique brand of lo-fi textured hip-hop, indie-RnB production.

Readying a 2018 sophomore EP with notable Australian industry names such as Tim Watt & Tim McArtney (George Maple, Flume, Touch Sensitive), Ben Feggans (The Kite String Tangle, Ngaiire), Sebastian Ivanhov (Alius, Blake Rose), Robin Waters (Darling James, Ella Hooper) and Klaus 'Heavyweight' Hill (Pnau, Kilter, Ministry of Sound Australia), Spectoral is positioned to kick increasingly ambitious goals.

Continually receiving acclaim from venues and fans, the Melbourne-based artist has enjoyed indie radio spins across his home country, airing on stations from FBi, SYN, Radio Adelaide, Plenty Valley FM and Bondi Radio to name a few. By mid 2017, he'd charted on Hype Machine, was featured in their Spotify playlist, and had been invited as a guest for television and radio spots with SYN, 1700 and Plenty Valley FM.

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An Incorruptible Dream

Fair to say this has been one of the toughest fortnights of my life. Won't get into why, but it's been a rollercoaster...

I wanted to get something submitted as a creative release for my mental health. I was resigned to the fact I just wasn't gunna make it (again). 

But at the eleventh hour, out of nowhere came @megadead offering me one of his lovely Outer Space beats from the past to muck around with. Immediately I knew I wanted to turn it into a cover of The Weeknd's Blinding Lights. 

I sat down with his instrumentation late this afternoon and cut together this edit, worked in the samples, and the riff. Everything else is Megadead, besides my vocal, which I spent the bulk of the time getting the fx chains right for. 

So here it is, something that didn't exist 5 hours ago: the Megadead x Spectoral version of Blinding Lights.

https://www.beatcollective.net/forum/creative-challenges/24-05-2021-fortnightly-challenge

Megadead, Spectoral - Blinding Lights (The Weeknd cover) — releases JULY 1 #theweeknd

(SPECTORAL)

Hey there it's been a long time 
Wanna talk, your place or mine
Had a bit to think about 
Maybe we can hash it out 
Saying online doesn't feel so right
Rock up to the crib and
Pour a couple drinks and 
Small talk works but I feel uptight 
What she gonna to say? 
Say sorry to my face? 
That it felt so wrong but it feels so right? 

Says she can't handle silence
Wants us to get it back 
But I can't hand her my love
No I'm dismissing that
It's not gunna phase me 
Won't burn or graze me 
No I gotta be sure
I've come so far it's just so hard
To trust somebody anymore 

Lesson taken
Faith is shaken
How can I trust it? 
Her intentions twisting 
Know she only want 
One thing 
Misbehaving
Acting shady 
Got me feeling lovesick 
Come so far it's just so hard
To trust somebody anymore 

Lesson taken
Faith is shaken
How can I trust it? 
Her intentions twisting 
Know she only want 
One thing 
Misbehaving
Acting shady 
Got me feeling lovesick 
Come so far it's just so hard
To trust somebody anymore 

If I'm gunna care
Then I'd need a long time 
The fucks I gave
Didn't survive that night 
Sorry bout the pain
But it's me I gotta think about
Thinkin' bout backing out
Carry on, stick it out
In enough time you won't even miss me
Kiss me, it be opening wounds
I'll see you outside  
Gunna bid you good night
Yeah it feels so wrong but I know it's right  

Cos I can handle silence
Don't need to get it back 
Yeah you mishandle my love
There's no dismissing that
It's not gunna phase me 
Won't burn or graze me 
No I gotta be sure
I've come so far it's just so hard
To trust somebody anymore

Lesson taken
Faith is shaken
How can I trust it? 
Her intentions twisting 
Know she only want 
One thing 
Misbehaving
Acting shady 
Got me feeling lovesick 
Come so far it's just so hard
To trust somebody anymore 

Lesson taken
Faith is shaken
How can I trust it? 
Her intentions twisting 
Know she only want 
One thing 
Misbehaving
Acting shady 
Got me feeling lovesick 
Come so far it's just so hard
To trust somebody anymore 

(TUSANXMI)

Yeah, ah
Well it's all done and said
It's all in my head
My mind telling me that I'm lovesick
Bite marks on my neck
U wish I was dead
Why do we gotta be so toxic
Don't call my phone for no thot shit
You know all along this was not it
Yeah, you know all along this was not it
Don't know what it is but it's giving
Since you met me you ain't never living
I know not a shit bout you change
Still you wanna have it your way
Sick of finding me like I'm Dory
Sick of people telling me that they know me
I really wanna trust in your stories, but

(SPECTORAL)

So hard
To trust somebody anymore
Lesson taken
Faith is shaken
How can I trust it? 
Her intentions twisting 
Know she only want 
One thing 
Misbehaving
Acting shady 
Got me feeling lovesick 
Come so far it's just so hard
To trust somebody anymore 
so hard
To trust somebody anymore 

Lesson taken
Faith is shaken
How can I trust it? 
Her intentions twisting 
Know she only want 
One thing 
Misbehaving
Acting shady 
Got me feeling lovesick 
Come so far it's just so hard
To trust somebody anymore

LOVESICK (Spectoral, Megadead, Tusanxmi)

Following three successful EPs, Spectoral has built a name for himself as an innovative collaborator, endlessly exploring the boundaries of pop, hip-hop and R&B. But he's never released a debut album... until now.

Boasting over 1.3 MILLION streams and a considerable fanbase, music publications such as Pilerats and Notion have compared Spectoral's sound to world-class contemporaries such as James Blake, The Weeknd, Justin Bieber, Joji and Flume.

With BACKLIGHTS THAT BLIND US, the artist is finally ready to make the statement of his career, releasing Part I of an ambitious, double debut album, three long years in the making.

BACKLIGHTS THAT BLIND US (Part I)
Duration: 30 minutes
Label: FUTUREPOP Ⓕ
Release Date: Jan 12, 2024

PURCHASE: https://spectoral.bandcamp.com/album/backlights-that-blind-us-part-i

EXTREMELY LIMITED EDITION PHYSICAL MERCH + the full album as 24bit, 48,000Hz lossless HD WAV Masters, at: spectoral.bandcamp.com/merch

SPOTIFY / YOUTUBE MUSIC / APPLE MUSIC / DEEZER / TIDAL: https://noisehive.ffm.to/backlightsthatblindus
https://linktr.ee./spectoral

INSTAGRAM / TIKTOK:
@spectoral or go to: linktr.ee/spectoral

Album Primary Artists:
Spectoral, Chris Zabriskie, Adonye B, The Safety Word, Xylo Aria, The Gyrating Hips

Album Additional Producers and Engineers:
BANTA., Outshift, AyoThaGawd, The Safety Word, Xylo Aria

Album Additional Credits & Thank Yous:
Vera Hall, Noah Bitto, Catherine Alban

Track Credits:

SIDELINES
Spectoral, Chris Zabriskie, Adonye B.
Samples the Creative Commons Attribution licensed track "What Does Anybody Know About Anything" by Chris Zabriskie. Used with permission.
References Vera Hall - Trouble So Hard (song itself is in public domain).
Produced, mixed and mastered by Spectoral.

BREAK IT DOWN
Spectoral.
Produced by Spectoral.
Mixed by BANTA.
Mastered by Spectoral.

DREAMS
Spectoral, The Safety Word.
Produced, mixed and mastered by Spectoral and The Safety Word.
Interlude outtro field recording feat Noah, Catherine and the Ray White team.

I KNOW ALL ABOUT YOU
Spectoral, Xylo Aria
Produced, mixed and mastered by Spectoral and Xylo Aria.

BLACKBODY
Spectoral
Produced, mixed and mastered by Spectoral.

BACKLIGHT
Spectoral
The Gyrating Hips
Includes a Creative Commons sample by Japanese Wallpaper, provided to Beat Collective and used with permission.
Produced and mastered by Spectoral.
Mixed by Spectoral and Outshift.

ANOTHER YOU
Spectoral.
Produced, mixed and mastered by Spectoral.
Backing vocals by Noah and Catherine. 
Download available in 24-bit/48kHz.

SIDELINES (Spectoral, Chris Zabriskie, Adonye B)

BACKLIGHT (Spectoral, The Gyrating Hips)

I declare you the winner
You're my longest reigning queen
But the sun sets on our time
There'll be no diamond jubilee
I'm no saint I'm a sinner
And your record's hardly clean
There's a balance to set right 
And yeah you know it

Cos lately I've been thinking about the
birds eye view
I never told a lie about you
I know that I deserved that too
Yeah lately, baby, thinking bout the birds eye view
I never told a lie about you 
I guess I'm just the one that 

Had a good time but I gotta go
Yeah it's bittersweet but you gotta grow
So I'll tell you now what I'm going to do
Gunna spend my life with another you
You had good credit but you're going bust 
Just like Mayer imma a sing about trust
So I'll tell you now what I'm going to do
Gunna spend my life with another you

Say bye bye, bye bye, to you
Bye bye, bye bye to you

Tell your fam that I love em long time 
Til the end I will love u all time 
Not gunna hide it'll hurt a long time
But its gunna take time to heal

So don't tell me all the lies that you're gunna tell
Don't try to make it better down at my hotel,
I don't doubt it baby, yeah you knew me well 
But you now a stranger to me

Summertimes at Sunshine Beach
Late night drinks and a stairwell kiss
Bought a ticket overseas two weeks
No one ever made me feel like this
All the times that you said it to me
Nowhere else that you'd rather be 
Wild nights when it seemed so real
Now it's so hard to know

ABOUT SPECTORAL & BACKLIGHTS THAT BLIND US:

Following three successful EPs, Spectoral has built a name for himself as an innovative collaborator, endlessly exploring the boundaries of pop, hip-hop and R&B. But he's never released a debut album... until now.

Boasting over 1.3 MILLION streams and a considerable fanbase, music publications such as Pilerats and Notion have compared Spectoral's sound to world-class contemporaries such as James Blake, The Weeknd, Justin Bieber, Joji and Flume.

BACKLIGHTS THAT BLIND US (Part I)
Duration: 30 minutes
Label: FUTUREPOP Ⓕ
Release Date: Jan 12, 2024

PURCHASE: https://spectoral.bandcamp.com/album/backlights-that-blind-us-part-i

EXTREMELY LIMITED EDITION PHYSICAL MERCH + the full album as 24bit, 48,000Hz lossless HD WAV Masters, at: spectoral.bandcamp.com/merch

SPOTIFY / YOUTUBE MUSIC / APPLE MUSIC / DEEZER / TIDAL: https://noisehive.ffm.to/backlightsthatblindus
https://linktr.ee./spectoral

INSTAGRAM / TIKTOK:
@spectoral or go to: linktr.ee/spectoral

Album Primary Artists:
Spectoral, Chris Zabriskie, Adonye B, The Safety Word, Xylo Aria, The Gyrating Hips

Album Additional Producers and Engineers:
BANTA., Outshift, AyoThaGawd, The Safety Word, Xylo Aria

Album Additional Credits & Thank Yous:
Vera Hall, Noah Bitto, Catherine Alban

Track Credits:

SIDELINES
Spectoral, Chris Zabriskie, Adonye B.
Samples the Creative Commons Attribution licensed track "What Does Anybody Know About Anything" by Chris Zabriskie. Used with permission.
References Vera Hall - Trouble So Hard (song itself is in public domain).
Produced, mixed and mastered by Spectoral.

BREAK IT DOWN
Spectoral.
Produced by Spectoral.
Mixed by BANTA.
Mastered by Spectoral.

DREAMS
Spectoral, The Safety Word.
Produced, mixed and mastered by Spectoral and The Safety Word.
Interlude outtro field recording feat Noah, Catherine and the Ray White team.

I KNOW ALL ABOUT YOU
Spectoral, Xylo Aria
Produced, mixed and mastered by Spectoral and Xylo Aria.

BLACKBODY
Spectoral
Produced, mixed and mastered by Spectoral.

BACKLIGHT
Spectoral
The Gyrating Hips
Includes a Creative Commons sample by Japanese Wallpaper, provided to Beat Collective and used with permission.
Produced and mastered by Spectoral.
Mixed by Spectoral and Outshift.

ANOTHER YOU
Spectoral.
Produced, mixed and mastered by Spectoral.
Backing vocals by Noah and Catherine. 
Download available in 24-bit/48kHz.

ANOTHER YOU

15th November, 2024 - Lyrics:

CHORUS:
 
Something on the inside was missing
Something on the inside missing
Was waiting on the outside lookin
Show me things that I'd been missing
 
Something on the inside's missing
(Without you)
Something on the inside's missing
(Been waiting)
Waiting on the outside looking
(Until you)
Show me things that I've been missing
 
POST-CHORUS:
 
No longer looking for love
For love 
For love
(x3)
Ooh, I know what it is
 
VERSE 1:
 
Yeah all this time
You're the one I'm waiting for
When I had just about
Had enough of dating more
 
You had those long blonde locks
Black boots that you rocked
And u were seated on my right side
Ahh yeah
 
And yeah I feel it was a Master Plan
You happened to be were I am 
I'll never say we get no second chance
No longer do I need to play pretend
Cos I know what it is
 
VERSE 2:
 
Now we're a family
We should get married
Throw a party
Where's our army
 
We got Chris, Dene, Tim, Rob
The Alban clan
And baby welcome to the Bitto's 
Now you've got my fam
 
You get sisters
I get brothers
And we share friends too
Little Noah gets to grow with an amazing crew
 
And soon we'll be in Byron
Sippin' on wine
And you'll be laying on my right side
Ahh yeah
 
BRIDGE:
 
Girl hear what I'm saying 
Yeah life is a game 
Best played with two
And if I ever had to let you go
I'd sing...

BREAKDOWN:
 
Something on the inside's missing
Something on the inside's missing
Been waiting on the outside looking
Show me things that I've been missing
Something on the inside's missing
(Without you)
Something on the inside's missing
(Been waiting)
Waiting on the outside looking
(Until you)
Show me things that I've been missing
 
POST-CHORUS:
 
No longer looking for love
For love 
For love
(x3)
Ooh, I know what it is ❤️

SOMETHING ON THE INSIDE

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Lyrics:
———————————————————————————————
VERSE1:
Do you even know what you are worth?
What I would risk so my lips could thrill you
Baby it'd be worse
Just to pass this by knowing 
I can't have you
All I think about
Baby it's fucked up
But I'm only human 
No one would ever know it
Only thing we'd lose is each other 

REFRAIN:
'Cause girl, 
They won't ever need to know
This is mine and yours
We're talking bout a little lie 
Talking bout a little lie 
Talking bout a little lie 
Talking bout a little lie 

CHORUS:
'Cause I'm tired of saying not today
And I'm done pretending not to care
When there's no seeing you til after five
I'm giving in before the guilt can rise

VERSE2:
You know I've tried not to think about it,
But my heart don't know what my mind is thinking
Daydreaming at work
You would close your eyes 
And you wouldn't stop me
Baby's got her game on
I know deep down, girl you feel like I do
No one would ever know it
Only thing we'd lose is each other 

REFRAIN:
'Cause girl, 
They won't ever need to know
This is mine and yours
We're talking bout a little lie 
Talking bout a little lie 
Talking bout a little lie 
Talking bout a little lie 

CHORUS:
'Cause I'm tired of saying not today
And I'm done pretending not to care
When there's no seeing you til after five
I'm giving into it...

REFRAIN:
We're talking bout a little lie 
Talking bout a little lie 
Talking bout a little lie 
Talking bout a little lie 
We're talking bout a little lie 
Talking bout a little lie 
Talking bout a little lie 
Talking bout a little lie 

INSTRUMENTAL BREAK

VERSE3
Baby you know what you are worth
But you try not to think about it 
We were put here on this earth
And you pass this time knowing 
You could have me 
See I've got your number
The time is right and you know it
No one would ever know it
Only thing we'd lose is each other, girl

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Personnel:
———————————————————————————————
Songwriter, Vocalist, Production & Mixing: Spectoral
Mix Engineer: Sebastian Ivanov
Additional Mix Engineering: Robin Waters
Mastered by: Emerson Bavington
Released: 2017


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Follow Spectoral on:
———————————————————————————————
★ Spotify: bit.ly/followspectoralonspotify
★ Instagram.com/spectoral
★ @spectoral
★ Snapchat.com/add/spectoral
★ Messenger: bit.ly/spectoralmessenger
★ Official Website: www.spectoral.com
★ TripleJunearthed.com/artist/spectoral
★ Bandcamp: spectoral.bandcamp.com
★ Twitter.com/spectoral
★ Facebook.com/spectoralmusic
★ Youtube.com/user/spectrelives
★ Email: spectoral@gmail.com
★ Spectoral is also on Apple Music & Tidal.

Daydreaming

Download (FREE)

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Personnel:
———————————————————————————————
Produced & Mixed by: Spectoral & Martiln
Vocals, Lyrics: Spectoral
Written & Arranged by: Spectoral
Sound Design & Composition: Martiln
Mix Engineer: Martiln
Mastered by: Emerson Bavington
Released: 2017

———————————————————————————————
Lyrics:
———————————————————————————————
(Bubby? Wha- what did you say? Yeah? Ok, here we go, ready?)

VERSE 1:
I dimmed the lights low
I remember
Soft skin, you excited
Always you were by my side
Favourite drink 
Was white wine and emotion
As long as you opened to me
We fulfilled our desires 
Now everyday I ask myself

CHORUS 1:
How can I live
Without you?
Should my soul surrender
Fading into time?

VERSE 2:
We moved slow
I'd set apart
From the other girls
Even so, I remember 
There'd never be nobody else
I fell into the night trap
You would turn it on 
Couldn't keep it on
You'd feel it slow
And even in months that followed
You know you had it all 
I never saw you leaving
And now I feel my soul dragged down
And at night I feel my soul dragged down

CHORUS 2:
How can I live
Without you?
How will I stand 
The rest of time?
How can I live
Without you?
Should my soul surrender
Fading into time?

VERSE 3:
Favourite drink 
Was white wine and emotion
As long as you opened to me
I fulfilled 
Your desires as you spoke them
So why were you taken from me?
((The number that you've dialled is invalid or incomplete))

CHORUS 3:
What should I feel
Without you? ((The number that you've dialled...))
Should my soul surrender
Fading into time?

What should I feel
Without you? ((Bubby?))
Though my soul remembers,
We're fading into time 
((What did you say? Yeah? Ok here we go-))

What should I feel...
Without you?
What should I feel...
Without you?
((The number that you've dialled is invalid or incomplete))

———————————————————————————————
Follow Spectoral on:
———————————————————————————————
★ Spotify: bit.ly/followspectoralonspotify
★ Instagram.com/spectoral
★ @spectoral
★ Snapchat.com/add/spectoral
★ Messenger: bit.ly/spectoralmessenger
★ Official Website: www.spectoral.com
★ TripleJunearthed.com/artist/spectoral
★ Bandcamp: spectoral.bandcamp.com
★ Twitter.com/spectoral
★ Facebook.com/spectoralmusic
★ Youtube.com/user/spectrelives
★ Email: spectoral@gmail.com
★ Spectoral is also on Apple Music & Tidal.

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Follow Martiln on:
———————————————————————————————
★ @martilnmusic
★ Facebook.com/martilnmusic
★ Instagram.com/martilnmusic
★ Twitter.com/MartilnMusic

Without You

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Spectoral & Martiln — Without You

(Streamable on Spotify, Apple & Tidal.)

Layering his trademark deep indie R&B vocals across textured downtempo productions, Spectoral has spent the past five years honing his craft with a plethora of notable co-producers and industry engineers such as Tim Watt & Tim McArtney (George Maple, Flume, Touch Sensitive), Sebastian Ivanhov (Alius, Blake Rose, Bec and Sebastian), Robin Waters (The Boat People, Darling James), Emerson Bavinton (Hungry Kids of Hungary), and fellow Beat Collective producers.

Since his debut independent EP in 2016, the Melbourne producer has enjoyed a tonne of indie radio spins across his home country, airing consistently on Australian indie stations from FBi to SYN, Radio Adelaide, Plenty Valley FM and Bondi Radio in Sydney to name a few. By mid 2017, he’d been invited as a guest for three lengthy on-air features, television and radio interviews with SYN and 1700, been blogged and playlisted by Hype Machine, reviewed by Triple J Presenters on Unearthed, as well as received acclaim from venue and event bookies for the quality of his live shows.

Live show dates continue to pull crowds and affect Spectoral’s monthly listeners. With two sophomore EPs and videos planned for 2018, Spectoral is lined up to kick increasingly ambitious goals.

Active on Instagram and other socials (@spectoral) and with over 11,000 minutes of Spotify streams to date, Spectoral's rise in popularity among Australian and overseas audiences is occurring under the radars. It’s time this young artist gets on yours.

Everybody Wants To Rule The World

If I had produced this record instead of Frank Dukes and Kuk Harrell, what would it have sounded like? Here's the answer.

I let my obvious Boards Of Canada influence seep through with generous textures and downtempo electronic production, but also given a nod to the vocal layering techniques I respect so much from producers like Zedd and Cashmere Cat. 

Spotify: bit.ly/spectoralspotify

Produced for Triple J Unearthed #LordeRmx (October 2017) - bit.ly/unearthme

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Lorde - Homemade Dynamite (Spectoral Remix)

Written, produced & performed by Spectoral in Melbourne, mixed by urban titan LJ at Cave Music Group in Ottawa, Canada, and mastered by the renowned Klaus ‘Heavyweight’ Hill in Sydney.

Despite being dressed as sultry relationship slow-jam, "What You Want" deals with the demons of anxiety and depression, and how they imprint on the creative process.

RELEASE INFO: 

— Available on Spotify, Tidal, Apple Music, Deezer, Google Play
— First single from Spectoral's upcoming 2018 sophomore EP; "An Incorruptible Dream" (July)
— Single Release Date: Friday April 6th
— Music video to come in June

LYRICS:

Scene one, take two
Didn’t capture the right mood
Oh yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

What they said is true
Still painful to go through
Oh yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Overrun by the fear of another no
Feel the push in the air, not fatal blow
No, the failure is not a cloud around me yet

Sweaty palms when I'm facing the piano
Is it effortless, is it a fiasco
But I'm saying to you I'm not done round here yet

So this is not a love song (is it what you want?)
This is not a call to home (is it what you want?)
This is not a lovers' poem (is it what you want?)
This is not an undertow (is it what you want?)
This is not club song (is it what you want?)
This is not a power show (is it what you want?)
All I do is write my fears, and I hold my tears
Through a thin veneer, 'til it disappears
So can I?

My face feels aged,
Dark lines to a blank page
Oh yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

My chest’s in pain
White shirt with a bloodstain
Oh yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

I don’t mind what I feel when I’m in the zone
And I learned not to fear how to be alone
But the demons in me are not done round here yet, no
Find it hard when I'm feeling just a lot of low 
They never sing about depression on the radio
But I’m saying to you I’m not done round here yet

So this is not a love song (is it what you want?)
This is not a call to home (is it what you want?)
This is not a lovers' poem (is it what you want?)
This is not an undertow (is it what you want?)
This is not club song (is it what you want?)
This is not a power show (is it what you want?)
All I do is write my fears, and I hold my tears
Through a thin veneer, 'til it disappears
So can I?

And to everything I’m so close not to feel it
I can’t work out if I’m doing it right
Or I’m doing you wrong
So I've been working through the long, long nights
I've been working through the long, long nights
Been working through the long, long nights
To conceal it

So this is not a love song (is it what you want?)
This is not a call to home (is it what you want?)
This is not a lovers poem (is it what you want?)
This is not an undertow (is it what you want?)
This is not club song (is it what you want?)
This is not a power show (is it what you want?)
All I do is write my fears, and I hold my tears
Through a thin veneer, 'til it disappears

This is not a love song (is it what you want?)
This is just a part of Rome (is it what you want?)
Just a little domino (is it what you want?)
Is it what you want, is it what you want?
This is not a love song (is it what you want?)
This is not a call to home (is it what you want?)
I just wanna understand how our lives are planned
Be a better man more than I can stand
So can I?

What You Want

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— Mixed by James Grover @ Peak Studios, UK.
— Mastered by Ben Feggans @ Studios301, Sydney, Australia.
— Written, produced & performed by Spectoral.
— Full version on the forthcoming sophomore EP "An Incorruptible Dream" (July)
— Spotify Single Link: bit.ly/owlspotify
— Spotify Artist Profile: bit.ly/spectoralspotify

LYRICS:

She says she loves in the old ways
A childhood spark from our old days 
I see her smiling back
As she dances with the man she loves 

And that man isn't me
It seems your destiny did miss me, baby
I've known you since our teens,
I'd sell my soul to be your future, baby

I was always your Frank Ocean, 
The ghost who's writing all your letters, baby
To everyone but me,
Drop your lashes down 
I wish I knew how to tell you how I feel

I wish I knew how to tell you how I feel
To say how I feel, girl
To say how I feel, girl
To say how I feel
I wish I knew how to tell you how I feel
To say how I feel, girl
To say how I feel, girl
To say how I feel
I wish I knew how to tell you how I feel 

I'm tired of smothering the signals, baby
But it's rare that you're free
Girls like you, they don't stay single, baby

Relegated to your bestie
Go on, hug me in your selfie
Hide the love endlessly
Though it brings me down
I wish I knew how to tell you how I feel 

I wish I knew how to tell you how I feel 
To say how I feel, girl
To say how I feel, girl 
To say how I feel, girl 
I wish I knew how to tell you how I feel 

To say how I feel, girl
To say how I feel, girl 
To say how I feel, 
I wish I knew how to tell you how I feel

She say she loves in the old ways
A childhood spark from our old days 
I watch her smile with her arms raised
I see her smile

She say she loves in the old ways
A childhood spark from our old days 
A childhood spark from our old days
I see her smile

Old Way Love

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Old Way Love (Radio Edit)

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Spectoral’s sprawling “Love Somebody Else” is a pop record built upon the idea of representing the natural world with synthetic sound design. Bird calls are represented by sampled fax machines and dial up modems while breezy pads wander below the insect-like chirps of CD-skipping clicks.

Produced by Spectoral, the track was co-written and co-produced by Australian hitmakers Tim McArtney and Tim Watt (George Maple, Flume, Touch Sensitive), with Watt handled mixing duties. The track has been mastered by the world class Ben Feggans at Studios  301 (Hayden James, Flume. Ngaiire).

"I was watching David Attenborough's Planet Earth II one night and got super inspired by the scene with the male widow birds.” says the producer. “They have these ridiculously long tails that makes it super hard to fly and survive, but they turn this burden into an advantage for attracting a mate. I really liked that."

Spectoral’s sultry, synthesized vocals carry the listener through clever lyrical similes as the future-soul producer lets the “dawn chorus of a beating heart” call us to “start to learn to love somebody else”. By the end of it’s tight 3:35 runtime you’ll have this record well and truly stuck in your head.

“Love Somebody Else” is the final single before Spectoral’s highly anticipated sophomore EP, “An Incorruptible Dream”, drops this July. In the meantime, Spectoral will officially be launching the single live @ Horse Bazaar, Melbourne, on Saturday 16th June, with local indie pop acts Orches, Twofold Vision and Phoenix Manson in support. For tickets, head to bit.ly/melbournemusic

LYRICS:

Hey, can you hear the call,
Dawn chorus of a beating heart,
Can you feel it calling your name,

Here things are gettin old,
I need someone I can celebrate,
And start to love somebody else,

Soon we'll soar to an evergreen,
Sing like nightingale,
It's hard to wag a little tail,
Soon, let us be wildlife,
Let us make wildfire,
And start to wag our little tails,

Start to learn to love somebody else 
Start to learn to love somebody else 
Start to learn to love somebody else
Start to learn to love somebody else

Hey, try to make the most,
Keep calling for a beating heart,
I'm needing more than a play,
Here you can have it all,
Broke open from my wooden cage,
And start to love somebody else,

Soon we'll sing like nightingale,
We'll soar to an evergreen,
This life, no one lacks a little tail,
Soon, let us be wildlife,
Let us make wildfire,
And start to wag our little tails,

Start to learn to love somebody else 
Start to learn to love somebody else
Start to learn to love somebody else
Start to learn to love somebody else
   
Pain when I get involved,
Ripped open like a paper cage,
Though you wouldn't know,
I'm built harder than a wooden frame,
You and me both,
We'll fly higher with our little tails,
And then we'll soar...

Start to learn to love somebody else 
Start to learn to love somebody else
Start to learn to love somebody else
Start to learn to love somebody else

Hey can you hear the call,
Dawn chorus of a beating heart

Love Somebody Else

— Featuring KAIAR on backing vocals.
— Mixed by Sebastian Ivanov (Alius), Melbourne, Australia
— Mastered by Ben Feggans @ Studios301, Sydney, Australia
— Written, produced and performed by Spectoral and based on stems from "Rowing To The Riverhead" by Ochre, written and produced by Christopher Leary, and used with permission.

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Rowing Up The River

— Written, produced and performed by Spectoral.
— Guitar: Auh Soj (@auh-soj)
— Mixed by Spectoral and Alex Jackson @ Vintage Physics, Melbourne
Mastered by Ben Feggans @ Studios301, Sydney, Australia
— Instrumental Based On: Boards Of Canada — Open The Light, with permission from Warp Records, Marcus Eoin and Michael Sandison of Boards of Canada.

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LYRICS:

Let them all drown
Like a valley to an estuary
Let their cities fall
Don't put that shit on me
Cold around us
Like a tundra to the rain
The world is coming down
And we will never be
We'll never be the same

Come away let me look in your eyes
I'd never let you go
Take the wheel set off into the night
And they would never know
Under shade but you open the light
A scene you can't believe
On a drive take a look outside
There's no one else
So let's just disappear with me

And tell me how you really feel inside
I know you're unsatisfied
Beside the high
Of you and I
Met the open road
As we head to higher ground
Forget your old life
And I guarantee
I guarantee a dream

Come away let me look in your eyes
I'd never let you go
Take the wheel set off into the night
And they would never know
Under shade but you open the light
A scene you can't believe
On a drive take a look outside
There's no one else
So let's just disappear (With me...)
Cherry skies dilate in your eyes (Out there...)
I'd never let you go (We're human set us free...)
Take an eight, lay it onto the side (Out there...)
And see how far we go (The world's just a scene of debris, to me)
Under shade but you open the light (Out there...)
A scene you can't believe (We're human set us free...)
On a drive take a trip outside (Out there...)
There's no one else 
So let's just disapp—

Open The Light

Written, produced and performed by Spectoral.
Mixed by James Grover at Peak Studios UK.
Mastered by Klaus 'Heavyweight' Hill.

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OLD WAY LOVE

Australian born to Mauritian and Slovakian parents, Spectoral is a singer-songwriter rising out of the tightly connected Melbourne producer scene. Amassing several thousand followers on Insta, he pulls impressive numbers on Spotify with each release. Spectoral's fanbase has swelled in the past year thanks to strong, acclaimed live performances, his social network omnipresence, and most of all, the music. Known for his sultry-pop vocal style, Spectoral blends singer-songwriter lyricism with his unique brand of lo-fi textured hip-hop, indie-RnB production.

Readying a 2018 sophomore EP with notable Australian industry names such as Tim Watt & Tim McArtney (George Maple, Flume, Touch Sensitive), Ben Feggans (The Kite String Tangle, Ngaiire), Sebastian Ivanhov (Alius, Blake Rose), Robin Waters (Darling James, Ella Hooper) and Klaus 'Heavyweight' Hill (Pnau, Kilter, Ministry of Sound Australia), Spectoral is positioned to kick increasingly ambitious goals.

Continually receiving acclaim from venues and fans, the Melbourne-based artist has enjoyed indie radio spins across his home country, airing on stations from FBi, SYN, Radio Adelaide, Plenty Valley FM and Bondi Radio to name a few. By mid 2017, he'd charted on Hype Machine, was featured in their Spotify playlist, and had been invited as a guest for television and radio spots with SYN, 1700 and Plenty Valley FM.

Movin'  On

Australian born to Mauritian and Slovakian parents, Spectoral is an artist rising out of the vibrant, live performing scene of producers and songwriters in Melbourne.

Known for his sultry pop vocal style, Spectoral blends intimate lyricism with his unique brand of textured hip-hop, indie electronic and indie-RnB influenced production.

In 2017, Spectoral charted on Hype Machine, was featured in their Spotify playlist, and was invited as a guest for television and radio spots with SYN, 1700 and Plenty Valley FM.

In 2018, Spectoral's music achieved national radio and press coverage, premiering with SCENESTR nationally, airing on stations around the country including SYN, Radio Adelaide, Southern FM, Plenty Valley, 3WBC and Bondi just to name a few.

In October 2018, Spectoral was featured on both Triple J and Triple J Unearthed several times thanks to his signature re-interpretation of DMAs' "The End". That same week he released his highly anticipated sophomore EP, "An Incorruptible Dream", working with notable Australian heavyweights such as Tim Watt and Tim McArtney (Golden Features, Muto, GRMM), Ben Feggans (The Kite String Tangle, Ngaiire), Sebastian Ivanhov (Alius), Robin Waters (Darling James, Ella Hooper) and Klaus Hill (Pnau, Kilter, Ministry of Sound Australia).

The EP's lead single, "Movin' On", was playlisted by official Spotify curators two days after its release, included in a plethora of curator playlists, and given spot rotation on FM stations nationally.

——An Incorruptible Dream: noisehive.lnk.to/dream
——Spotify: bit.ly/spectoralspotify
——Instagram: instagram.com/spectoral
——Triple J: triplejunearthed.com/artist/spectoral

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DMA'S - The End (Spectoral Remix)

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CELESTIAL sees the reunion of two of Melbourne's BeatCollective.net artists: Spectoral and Martiln. Joining forces once more on a highly anticipated collaboration, CELESTIAL is a real gut-puncher, emotionally exploring themes of love, loss and reincarnation in grandiose fashion. Spectoral's take is no less than the cutting-edge blend of trap, pop and electronic trip-hop that we've come to expect from the artist, in the vein of contemporaries like Golden Vessel, Sampha and Flume. Martiln's version is a trademark heavy-hitter, packed full of breaks and expertly crafted EDM making it perfect for clubbers, DJs and listeners after the sound of 2020.

"Celestial is a real, unapologetic gut-puncher." explains Spectoral. "It affects me. I feel vulnerable singing it, even listening to it. Earlier this year, I dropped this song into my set and road-tested it on an unsuspecting audience. The crowd response was really incredible, people were just transfixed by it. It felt like the venue itself disappeared and it was just me and the audience sharing in this very visceral and moving moment together."

VERSE 1

The stars have woke up
There's a beacon there
A million years or three
The light just reaching me
I never gave up
Since you left us here
How close you still could be
A light year parting me
So here we go

PRECHORUS

Let me know
Do you hear me through this silence
Let me pray
Are you out of my life
Tell me not today
Let me know
Do you hear me through this silence
Let me pray
Are you still in my life
Celestial

CHORUS

Wait for me
I'll be waiting for you
Waiting for you
In the next life
Wait for me
I'll be waiting for you
Waiting for you
Celestial

I'll be waiting for you
Waiting for you
Celestial
Wait for me

VERSE 2

If I turned to ash tonight,
You could be anywhere
How long then would it take
To search the empty space
And find you now

PRECHORUS

Let me know
Do you hear me through this silence
Let me pray
Are you out of my life
Tell me not today
Let me know
Do you hear me through this silence
Let me pray
Are you still in my life
Celestial

CHORUS

POSTCHORUS

So do you feel the flame
And would you be the same
Would you still know my name
And do you feel the pain
Of my love, oh
Celestial

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Spectoral, Martiln — Celestial (Martiln Version)

Following three successful EPs, Spectoral has built a name for himself as an innovative collaborator, endlessly exploring the boundaries of pop, hip-hop and R&B. But he's never released a debut album... until now.

Boasting over 1.3 MILLION streams and a considerable fanbase, music publications such as Pilerats and Notion have compared Spectoral's sound to world-class contemporaries such as James Blake, The Weeknd, Justin Bieber, Joji and Flume.

With BACKLIGHTS THAT BLIND US, the artist is finally ready to make the statement of his career, releasing Part I of an ambitious, double debut album, three long years in the making.

BACKLIGHTS THAT BLIND US (Part I)
Duration: 30 minutes
Label: FUTUREPOP Ⓕ
Release Date: Jan 12, 2024

PURCHASE: spectoral.bandcamp.com/album/backlig…ind-us-part-i

EXTREMELY LIMITED EDITION PHYSICAL MERCH + the full album as 24bit, 48,000Hz lossless HD WAV Masters, at: spectoral.bandcamp.com/merch

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INSTAGRAM / TIKTOK:
@spectoral or go to: linktr.ee/spectoral

Album Primary Artists:
Spectoral, Chris Zabriskie, Adonye B, The Safety Word, Xylo Aria, The Gyrating Hips

Album Additional Producers and Engineers:
BANTA., Outshift, AyoThaGawd, The Safety Word, Xylo Aria

Album Additional Credits & Thank Yous:
Vera Hall, Noah Bitto, Catherine Alban

Track Credits:

SIDELINES
Spectoral, Chris Zabriskie, Adonye B.
Samples the Creative Commons Attribution licensed track "What Does Anybody Know About Anything" by Chris Zabriskie. Used with permission.
References Vera Hall - Trouble So Hard (song itself is in public domain).
Produced, mixed and mastered by Spectoral.

BREAK IT DOWN
Spectoral.
Produced by Spectoral.
Mixed by BANTA.
Mastered by Spectoral.

DREAMS
Spectoral, The Safety Word.
Produced, mixed and mastered by Spectoral and The Safety Word.
Interlude outtro field recording feat Noah, Catherine and the Ray White team.

I KNOW ALL ABOUT YOU
Spectoral, Xylo Aria
Produced, mixed and mastered by Spectoral and Xylo Aria.

BLACKBODY
Spectoral
Produced, mixed and mastered by Spectoral.

BACKLIGHT
Spectoral
The Gyrating Hips
Includes a Creative Commons sample by Japanese Wallpaper, provided to Beat Collective and used with permission.
Produced and mastered by Spectoral.
Mixed by Spectoral and Outshift.

ANOTHER YOU
Spectoral.
Produced, mixed and mastered by Spectoral.
Backing vocals by Noah and Catherine. less
Download available in 24-bit/48kHz.

DREAMS (Spectoral, The Safety Word)

I KNOW ALL ABOUT YOU (Spectoral, Xylo Aria)

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FADE TO GREY

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The ambitious new single for both Kathana (Washington, USA) and Spectoral (Melbourne, AUS), DAISY LANE is their debut collaborative release; a nimble blend of ultramodern pop laced with trip-hop and wavy electronica.

Weaving in sounds obliquely reminiscent of contemporaries like Boards Of Canada, TOKiMONSTA, Caribou, Tourist and Golden Vessel, Spectoral expertly delivers us a highly textured slow-jam here, flipping Kathana's flowery single into a new canvas of fading warmth, setting suns and wistful thoughts. 

Explaining how the song came about, Spectoral says; “I was really taken by Kathana’s beautiful vocal delivery and had to reach out to her about remixing this hook. There’s a sweet vulnerability behind the way she sings that refrain that I wanted to paint around and explore. I’d recently read a great interview with Dan Snaith of Caribou, and there’s this part where he says he was excited by the idea of “leaving in the jagged edges” that would normally be shaved down for a typical pop record. That sort of freedom is definitely something I wanted to express in my treatment of this song for Kathana.”

The addition of Spectoral's vulnerable falsetto in the second verse juxtaposes incredibly beside Kathana's escapist refrain. The song evolves constantly before taking us home for one last chorus; we’ll be yearning for more of this gem late into the “summer, summer, summertime”.

Follow Spectoral (@spectoral) and Kathana (@kathana.music) on Instagram and stay up to date with the release.

"The comparisons to Boards Of Canada and Caribou aren't fanciful suggestions” —Scenestr 
 
"Broken beats, warm synths and experimentation make for a daydream of a tune" — AAA Backstage 
 

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DAISY LANE released on the 17th September 2020.
SPECTORAL is available for press opportunities, please email: spectoral@gmail.com

Spectoral, Kathana — DAISY LANE

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Nimbly interlacing subversive electronic sound design with ultramodern hip-hop and pioneering alternative R&B, Spectoral pushes the boundary of pop to the cutting-edge. Dave Ruby Howe, Music Director of Australian national radio station Triple J Unearthed and host of Home & Hosed, describes Spectoral as "an artist who can be relied on to deliver highly detailed productions with unshakable earworm qualities at their core".

A revered producer and singer, Spectoral has been compared favorably by NOTION, PILERATS and MYSTIC SONS to the likes of Golden Vessel, The Weeknd, James Blake, Joji, Flume, SOHN, Justin Bieber, Justin Timberlake and Galimatias. 

Boasting half a million streams to their name across three EPs with dozens of collaborators, Spectoral's unique sound has been firmly established, with airings on Triple J, Triple J Unearthed, SYN, Radio Adelaide & PVFM. 

A pivotal committee member of Melbourne's sprawling Beat Collective (beatcollective.net), Spectoral has worked with many industry heavyweights including BANTA, Flavour Lord (Amy Shark, Wyatt), SUB-human (SLUMBERJACK, Yvng Jalapeño), ALIUS, Tim McArtney (LANKS), Ben Feggans (The Kite String Tangle, Ngaiire) and Robin Waters (Darling James, The Boat People).

Much of the last two years has seen Spectoral readying an enormously ambitious debut album with no fewer than fifteen guests. GETAWAY is the lead single: a synthy, roadtrippy, pop-R&B slice of warmth, about escaping the city we're confined to. A collaboration with US producer Austin Holder, GETAWAY arrives perfectly in time for spring.



PRESS COVERAGE + SOCIALS: https://linktr.ee/spectoral



Lyrics, vocal, arrangement - Spectoral

Tracking & vocal mixing - Spectoral

Mix engineering and mastering - Spectoral

Instrumentals - Austin Holder, Spectoral

Production - Spectoral, Austin Holder

Label - SlideUp Records https://www.instagram.com/slideup.records/

RELEASE DATE: May 12th, 2022



LYRICS



I've been plotting our exit
Hit the ground running 
Trendsetter, 
Flee the scene, whodunit
Leave em in the dust
Like an exodus
Got the same thoughts
As the people next to us
It's like
We both know 
We can do it better
No sweater 
Top down warm weather 
Live a new life
I can see the spark in your eye 
Press play on the phone 
We're singing 

You got no money 
I got few supplies 
I got this old Caddy
Playing mixtapes down the 55

I got no hesitations 
You've got nowhere to be 
Getaway getaway
Getaway with me
Let's bounce on the highway

Now we pass another exit 
Don't look back honey  
There was nothing really keeping us 
But grinding for money 
Nearly midnight 
New sky, no worry 
Crack another seal
Take the wheel, no hurry, yeah
We both know 
We can do better
No sweater 
Top down warm weather 
Live a new life
I can see the spark in your eye 
Press play on the phone 
We're singing 

You got no money 
I got few supplies 
I got this old Caddy
Playing mixtapes down the 55

You got no money 
I got few supplies 
I got this old Caddy
Playing mixtapes down the 55

Getaway getaway
Getaway with me
Let's bounce on the superhighway
Get away everyday 
Come and play with me
Don't try getting me to stay

I got no hesitations 
You've got nowhere to be 
Getaway getaway
Getaway with me
Let's bounce on the highway

GETAWAY

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GETAWAY (Spectoral, Austin Holder)

It’s been two years since we got an EP from Spectoral. 2018’s “An Incorruptible Dream” was a stunning resume piece that cemented the Australian producer/singer’s talent for blending alternative R&B with experimental art-pop cuts, seeing press compare him to Lido, Golden Vessel and PARTYNEXTDOOR. Its opener, “Movin’ On” was officially curated by Spotify into their coveted Lotus playlist, and the six-track EP continues to attract fans and playlist adds today.

Not one to leave fans wanting, Spectoral built hype throughout 2020 with a string of colourful collaborations, notably DAISY LANE with pop singer-songwriter Kathana, ATLANTIS with rapper-producer Satisdiction, and DREAMS with synthpop outfit The Safety Word.

It was all leading up to this. Now, a bigger and bolder Spectoral returns with a much anticipated follow-up EP that reflects the producer’s evolution and maturity. DARKNESS MAY FIND US boasts six tracks and half a dozen collaborators, many from the world of hip-hop, including features from Canberra’s Kirklandd and Perth’s Aunty Mango.

Accompanying the EP is Spectoral’s brand new, lead single, THE WEATHER SLOWLY WARMED. Invoking the expansive, lustful productions of The Weeknd, THE WEATHER SLOWLY WARMED is a forward-thinking slice of subversive pop-R&B that builds from unsettling, experimental textures. 

Vulnerably spot-lit, Spectoral’s vocal shines like a moonbeam, guiding us through an evolving arrangement that steadily turns up the heat from its granular, wintery beginnings to a temperate, bass-laden bop.

Speaking about the inspiration behind penning the track, Spectoral says, “My Pa told me a year ago, that all the songs from his generation are about "chasing love". He said he'd love to hear a song about "not needing love to find happiness" written from the male perspective. So I set out to deliver this as if it were a classic love song, but the lyrics are actually the total antithesis of wanting a relationship to work. I don’t hear that angle explored very often from the male perspective in R&B. The idea of boldly declaring to yourself that you’re actually so much happier without the drama someone else brings. It’s cathartic, freeing and strangely sexy.”

Spectoral wrote the majority of THE WEATHER SLOWLY WARMED while staying at his Mauritian grandparents’ secluded property in Maryborough, Queensland, and finished recording it back in Melbourne, prior to the lockdowns. The single is also co-produced by maverick Texan hip-hop R&B producer Denzel Stone.

Adding to the single’s appeal is a gorgeously animated music video, exploring the transition between seasons around a continuously rotating world. The music video will be available on Spectoral’s official YouTube & VEVO channel as well as social media channels, shortly after the audio.

THE WEATHER SLOWLY WARMED and its accompanying EP, DARKNESS MAY FIND US, releases everywhere on January 22nd, 2021.

DAISY LANE feat. Kathana

DARKNESS MAY FIND US (Spectoral, Aunty MNGO, Kirklandd)

THE WEATHER SLOWLY WARMED

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