Manchester-based independent artist SAKER delivers "setting sun" featuring Jay Silver; it is an expansive, hazy soundscape that brings together dreamy pop textures, atmosphere, and shoegaze tones, with plenty of emotion to make even the hardest person feel a bit teary.
... an extraordinarily moving, bittersweet blend of hazy shoegaze and intimate dream-pop that resonates deep in the soul.
With influences ranging from the likes of Slowdive and Massive Attack, the track captures that bittersweet feeling of watching something disappear, whether it be a loved one or something that you once had. I found myself listening to this unexpectedly whilst looking at photos of my recently departed grandfather, and to say that I felt emotional was potentially an understatement.
It is a remarkably gorgeous track, and following the single called "Mind Games" that came out early this year, this sounds like it is the kind of offering that will help the artist become a household name. If this were written by anyone who has had a Top 40 track, I could easily have seen it being the kind of song that will be in there for decades to come. It is a timeless classic and is also quite intimate while still being euphoric.