Earlier this week, Butter Bath – aka the psychedelic dream pop project from Sydney-based multi-instrumentalist Toby Anagnostis – released the stunning single “My Love,” featuring fellow dream pop artist Jermango Dreaming. From his bedroom studio, Anagnostis is meticulous when it comes to his compositions; directing all parts of the process, his music is a “sincerely raw and undiluted insight into his psyche,” with songs that, in their impeccable production, gorgeously maintain their intrigue (his 2021 EP Spectator is still on perpetual rotation for me, and I wish I could hear his single “You & Me” for the first time again). He explained the motivation behind the new track with Jermango Dreaming:
We’re two friends who’s music projects have intersected at various points – playing shows together, signing to the same label a few years ago and playing around in the studio. We figured it was high time we put out a song together.
As is the case with both Butter Bath (and Jermango Dreaming, for that matter), the track is immediately mesmerizing, wasting no time with the building of its atmosphere, complete with a tantalizing wealth of texture and color. Groovy is, quite frankly, an understatement; between the clarity of the vocals, the precise palpitations of the bassline, and the wobbly synth flourishes, it’s a track that begs multiple immersions. And yet, there’s a hint of sadness within this haze – the realization that adoration, like most anything, is often deleterious in excess.
“My Love” is out now.
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