Evolving from serene folks right into a rousing prog-rock expanse, “Tides of Time” is a consuming new monitor from Toronto-based band Derev. Their upcoming album Troubled Thoughts releases on March twenty sixth, and “Tides of Time” represents its third single. Derev’s drummer Michel Karakach wrote the tune, impressed by his expertise of leaving his hometown. Particularly, it explores the psychological lure that’s cognitive immobility — the place one recreates moments from their previous, rendering themselves caught in a spot that isn’t actuality.
“Leaving my hometown in Syria on the age of 25, after having constructed so many great friendships, recollections, and experiences was a wrestle I by no means knew I’d must cope with till I did,” Karakach explains. “Discovering myself reminiscing again and again about my previous life impressed me to put in writing about it as a type of remedy. I by no means knew this was an precise psychological prognosis till I did some analysis on it.”
Lush guitar layers start “Tides of Time,” evolving rapidly into pit-pattering percussion and an introspective vocal prowess. Lyrical references to loneliness compel alongside dreamy guitar intrigue, attaining extra readability previous the two-minute flip as accounts of being “trapped inside your individual shell,” devour. A gripping sense of catharsis arrives thereafter. “Let the rain wash away the scars of recollections,” vocals exude powerfully amidst a extra intensified rock swell — punctuated by a scorching guitar solo within the last minute. “Tides of Time” is an enveloping, emotively impactful success from Derev.
—
This and different tracks featured this month could be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Rising Singles’ Spotify playlist.
We found this launch through MusoSoup, as a part of the artist’s promotional marketing campaign.