Meltt - Eternal Embers (2023) [Hi-Res]

Life cycles through birth, death, and rebirth. Flames reduce objects to dust only for the wind to sweep them into the ether in another eternal form altogether. Meltt’s music resembles this natural sequence. The hum of distorted guitars dissolves into bright melodies carried by shimmering synths and soaring vocals. The Vancouver based band—Chris Smith [lead vocals, guitar, bass, keys], Jamie Turner [drums, percussion], James Porter [guitar, keys, bass, vocals], and Ian Winkler [bass, keys, guitar]—enable rock, alternative, and psychedelia to coexist in one creative ecosystem held together by airtight instrumentation and deft songcraft. All of these elements blaze brightly on the group’s second full-length offering, Eternal Embers.

"Into The Blue" was inspired by the documentary Jago: A life Underwater, about Indonesian freedivers. There’s a scene where Jago is scared about diving to the sea floor for the first time, he does so and the pressure is so intense that his eardrums burst but after that he “unlocks” the sea floor and feels he can go anywhere. The imagery of the freediving and pressure of all the water and pulse synth of the intro feels like a heartbeat and as the song goes on going deeper and deeper until the bridge at the end is rushing to the surface.