Synth EP Review: “Back to Life” by Walmind
by Karl Magi
Walmind’s “Back to Life” carries listeners on a thrilling journey through fantastical landscapes and melodic beauty. Images of a place far removed from mundane reality permeate the music and give it depth as auditory pleasure is woven.
“Back To Life” has a quiet start with strings slowly circling, weaving a pattern of haunting emotion that slides outward into a vast background which echoes and a windy exhalation begins to grow. Swinging percussion joins the guitar as it conveys feelings of slow awakening and growing sensation while Walmind’s chanted performance carries a calm feeling of realization and growth.
The melody is full and aches with beauty while the shadowy chanting contributes a measured energy and the guitar vibrates, entangling with peace and mournful feeling. All of the depth of emotion in Walmind’s voice reaches out to me, encouraging and hopeful, as the glimmering guitar emphasizes all of the feelings of growth and readiness to move on.
As the melody evolves, it arcs upward and pours out positivity as far away vocals move like a ghostly memory. The main guitar melody joins the swinging beat while the whispered spoken word vocals are emphasized again by the sobbing guitar as it exudes pure, earnest feeling. The bluesy influence is enjoyable to me before the track slowly closes.
With an ethereal evocation of a breeze and notes that exhale with consoling luminosity, “In the dead of the night” develops a shaping underlayer while tones like gems caught in moonlight exude opalescent light before the artist's gossamer guitar weaves a spell of ancient power and beauty.
A melody reaches out to pull me into a landscape of pearlescent glow and contemplation tinged with energy and hopeful, even encouraging feelings. Gleaming tones carry emotional weight, the guitar broadcasting relaxation that also encompasses positive readiness for change.
I enjoy the guitar’s sailing gracefulness, like gentle stars in the night sky, while the underpinnings guide before the song breaks into a broad synth which glistens as the guitar invokes a mood of meditative concentration that leads to an uplifting outcome before the track closes.
“King Bernard” becomes a noble flow as rising tones broadcast faint starlight and the drums collide with a sailing guitar, full of serene contemplation. The rhythm is a shaping influence while the guitar exudes illumination that contains peace and majesty above the delicate interweaving of synth notes.
The main melody cruises on Walmind’s diaphanously smooth guitar, carrying sensations of relaxation tinged by affection and a noble disposition. The trickling underpinnings give an aquatic flow while the guitar wraps around my ears with feelings of majestic kindness.
The pattering beat is a fragile accompaniment to the rich melodic content, reflecting a character with a spirit that exudes positive emotion before the track comes to an end.
A deep-toned guitar slowly descends with deliberate motion as “Dream Of Baras” glides into existence as the gleaming notes above it are driven by a swirling wind and the melody has an ethereal, graceful quality that captures the hazy world of dreams.
Reverberant percussion adds guidance as the guitar melody captures me in its enchanting hold, full of serenity and a meditative smoothness, while a foundational pulse continues to shape the music. My mind is permeated by waves of orange and amber light, like a sunset spilling over an ancient land.
Images of breathtaking mountains and misty valleys unfold as they pass below me as Walmind's guitar paints with luscious colours. The beat keeps easy time as lucent tones spill with caressing emotion, moving out as a dream unfolds before the track stops.
