Vocal fervour has long been stripped away from the mainstream veins of indie, but it came back with sticky-sweet vengeance in Barrelly Ego’s latest single, Wither Weather. Drenched in existential questioning and iridescent doubt, cut through with fragile hope and yearning, the track pulls the listener across the full emotional spectrum. Any shadows of melancholia are quickly transposed into sheer euphoria, pushed higher by anthemics that barrel towards a crescendo capable of lodging your heart in your throat. It has the momentum of indie’s 00s golden hour, the kind that hits you like a Catfish and the Bottlemen-esque tidal wave, leaving you powerless to resist its pull. The Romanian-born, Germany-based singer-songwriter Ion, who founded Barrelly Ego in 2017, channelled the unease of a long-distance relationship into the single. First penned almost twenty years ago and left unfinished, Wither Weather has now found its resolution, with the story closing in a happily ever after ending. In its fully realised form, the track is a raw diary entry reworked into a grungy, alt-rock exorcism. The layers, produced in collaboration with Angi Seserman and mastered by Tides Audio, carry a nostalgic weight while never feeling derivative, echoing the spirit of 90s grunge and […]
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