Out Of Ash

Fin “Pike”

I have listened to this closely several times over and I am not fully confident this woman is singing words throughout this song. Well, aside from when she says “no shit” a couple times. That’s totally clear. But regardless of what she may or may not be saying, the repetitive murmuring has a pleasingly hypnotic effect. Fin’s approach to layering beats, synths, and vocal parts is rather similar to that of Grimes, but trades off Claire Boucher’s typically bratty/perky tone for a more subdued and vaguely mystical vibe. “Pike” sounds like it could plausibly be music associated with some techno-utopian cult, or what might happen if you asked a computer program to create spiritual dance music. The track has the feeling of not quite being something or somewhere, but knowing that it must be something and somewhere.

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