Synth Single Review: “Almost Forever” by Aisle 9

by Karl Magi

Aisle 9’s “Almost Forever” exhales with deep-water feelings as it evolves. The piece commences with Aisle 9’s guitar hovering with tentative, feathery sensations while chiming notes ring with fragile radiance. As the drum beat creates shape, the gliding synth calls out with extreme tranquility, drifting past like the ocean’s gentle waves. 

Elevated notes shiver past while the guitar slides with aquatic serenity and xylophone sounds cry out. The drums gives form to the delicacy slipping past above it. Oceanic phosphorescence shines from the lead synth while the underpinnings cruise onward. 

Wave sounds drift again and tightly gleaming notes move into the openness as percussion throbs. I find myself transported to a realm of deep blue contemplation as the guitar melody fills with jazzy, laid-back emotion and wistful remembrance. The underlayer throbs on while the chimes exude a bioluminescent sheen and the guitar levitates with peaceful ease before silence falls.