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Winter “Say”

Samira Winter’s aesthetic falls somewhere on the psychedelia scale between Broadcast and Tame Impala – keyboards that seem to glow like neon tubing and crisp fill-heavy percussion, but contrasted with a cold vocal tone that signals a shy intelligence. “Say” is thick with appealing atmosphere but the real draw is in the bass groove, which is lightly funky in a very early ‘90s sophisticated European pop mode. The song is adjacent to shoegaze with its emphasis on abstracted sensuality, but there’s no soft-focus haziness to this. Winter’s arrangement is remarkably clear and vibrant, and every little detail pops rather than blurs together.

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