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Optica
Pop · 2013 · 12 tracks · 56m

Optica

Shout Out Louds

Shimmering Swedish indie pop draped in crystalline synths and wintery reverb. A lush, patient record that feels like watching frost form on glass.

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It's like the soundtrack to a beautiful, lonely walk through a snowy Stockholm at midnight.

A serene and shimmering melancholy that feels both expansive and deeply intimate.

Optica · vs · Shout Out Louds
Snowfall+2.8σ

Snowfall saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks · 56m
01
Sugar
4:07
02
Illusions
4:56
03
Blue Ice
4:14
04
14th of July
4:17
05
Burn
4:05
06
Walking in Your Footsteps
3:44
07
Glasgow
6:58
08
Where You Come In
4:50
09
Hermila
3:34
10
Chasing the Sinking Sun
3:49
11
Circles
4:47
12
Destroy
6:40
Moments Worth Waiting For
The way the synth pads swell and dissolve into the driving bassline of Sugar.
The expansive, nearly seven-minute slow-burn build of Glasgow that feels like a widescreen cinematic ending.
The delicate, icy piano melody that anchors Blue Ice before the drums kick in.
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