‘1:45’ creates an immersive atmosphere, exposing the listener to what can only be ethereal anomaly or delusion. The new single from alternative rock four-piece, Myth, is due for release this Friday. It is a brooding, tense sonic experience. The song takes the listener on a journey rife with paranoia and severe unease. It opens with mention of unrelenting whispers clutching at the narrator’s mind which alone is ghoulish enough, but the song’s true haunting quality is its dissolution of the threshold between past and present. The song borrows from Gothic tropes to reveal that the whispers originated from “Medieval thoughts and ancient minds,” making it unclear where the past ends and the present day begins. A song with such a mystical, otherworldly subject matter is fitting from a band whose name holds connotations of age-old folklore and supernatural mysteries.
The blurring of categories which underpins the lyrics is skilfully accentuated in the instrumentation, where a fog of hazy guitar and ferocious, distorted bass punctuate the track. They linger in the periphery of the song during the verses, foreboding and chilling, and spill into the centre for a heightened, impactful chorus. The track’s production is heavy, murky, with a rumbling low end persistent enough to produce discomposure even in rational-minded, skeptical individuals.
The song is one of crossovers, of boundary dissolution, and fittingly it transcends the confines of singular genre too. Myth borrow from heavy styles such as metal and psychedelic rock in creating their forceful, trudging rhythm section, but their music also exhibits elements of uplifting pop through the delicate guitar melodies in the verses. Alex’s vocals are commanding and assured despite the cautious superstition of the narrative.
‘1:45’ will be released this Friday, 19th June, and can be pre-saved here.