Synth Single Review: “A Distant Memory” by LightSource & Sleepless-Nights

by Karl Magi

LightSource & Sleepless-Nights’ “A Distant Memory” exudes peaceful remembrance as it unfolds. The track opens as massive bass swells beneath synth waves, expanding outward like ripples on a still pond. After cymbals sweep, the rhythm hits powerfully as the raised synth floats like memories in a meditative mind, reaching out to glide and fade again.

While the underpinnings throb, Sleepless-Nights plays a melody full of peaceful recollection that curls around me and wraps me with gentleness, like soft-focus memories replayed in my dreams. The underlayer pulses as diamond tones slip past, evoking the wistful remembrances of days gone by.

Sleepless-Nights plays a solo full of heart and nostalgia, washing over me in a soothing tide that burns with quiet intensity. The low-end waves continue to undulate as the entangling guitar creates an atmosphere soaked in tranquility and affectionate thoughts of past events before silence falls.