Seahaven is one of my favorite bands. I’m always listening to them and Kyle’s addictive vocal style makes them incredibly unique and distinctive. They haven’t released anything recently, until today. “Silhouette (Latin Skin)” is a slower and careful ballad that was released on Run For Cover’s sound cloud. It’s the first single off their upcoming album- “Reverie Lagoon: Music For Escapism Only”. It already sounds promising.
The tune is slow and timid and laid back. Kyle’s tender drawl takes the limelight and never falters. It’s 6 minutes of sheer perfection. I had totally expected something along the lines of their last album, “Winter Forever”, deep and powerfully strong through chord progressions and intense undertones. This is much more calm than I imagined, and it’s fantastic.
Now, we’ve heard the band pour their heart out in slow tunes like “Honeybee”, but never before like this. Even the guitars sound sad. The violin mixed in creates a swirling sound of encompassing warmth, like a hug. It’s gentle and feels like you’re being rocked and held. It’s just so beautiful, how soft and delicate it is. It shows a side of the group we’ve never fully been able to grasp until now.
It slowly builds and builds until there is a swell of the instruments and it has that Bon Iver gracefulness that is so hard to achieve; it’s strong and grounded and yet still velvety and heart melting. It’s so well done and shows musical caliber that even I didn’t know they were capable of.
Their album comes out on January 21st, and I can’t wait. This song is just perfect enough to hold me until then.
