Releasing a new song, Kishi Bashi certainly draws upon heartache and pain. Still, true to the synthesized sound of the track, “Can’t Let Go June,” Bashi puts forth a song of a catchy, listen-able beat that cannot be denied while illustrating his experience.
Utilizing, as said, synthesized beats, “Can’t Let Go, June” holds components of a hip hop like drum beat to the sounds of melodic strings. This catchy and equally heavy track shows how Bashi has felt and has told of his past anguish. With terms and subjects such as drinking, angst, and the inability to forget, the song draws in the audience to the message, perhaps a carefully orchestrated story and rhetoric that questions if something is able to be missed, forgotten, or accepted. A tragic heartbreak and an abused thought process are elements within the lyrics that sets apart the song in its lyrical content. In experience, can one forget “the way she said it” as Bashi displays a confusion in his emotional priorities of a former, troubled time. “Can’t Let Go, June” releases sentiment of an experience to its listeners, while by no means avoiding a contrastingly pleasant piece of music that is easily defined in its ability to be played multiple times.
Can someone let go to something as important as a former love? Can anything numb or take away the agony of loss? Can these hard hitting emotions be illustrated in an art form that allows for a willing reflection of the previous questions? With this song, only the last question is easy to answer. Kishi Bashi shows his virtuosity and musical ability by displaying such painful memory in a way it can be examined. Featured on his new album coming out Sept. 16th, Sonderlust, “Can’t Let Go, June” brings excitement to the new sound and story Bashi is telling. Listen to it below…
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