Emergent Melburnian duo Orlean mesh the stylistic flavours of trap with Enya-esque atmospherics on their new single, I Can't Keep Loving You Like This.
Billed as a dive into "the coldness of having your lover live on the other side of the world", the song's pensive longing will be a familiar feeling for anyone who's experienced the frustrations of being in a long-distance relationship.
The song's largely minimalist soundscape — in which absence plays a key role — is starkly evocative of its emotional impetus, the gradual building of its elements reflective of the increasing weight one's own thoughts play on them when faced with sometimes seemingly insurmountable distance between themselves and the person they love.
"The principal vocal line aims to be fragile and completely naked in its own way, yet steadily crowded by its companions as the song builds," producer Terry Mann explained in a statement. "Like thoughts when you have too many."
The song — indeed, the Orlean project — is a far cry from Mann's higher-energy work under the moniker of Coach Bombay, his instrumentation providing subtle yet forceful underpinnings for vocalist Bella Li (Aphra's Cat) to flex her formidable, mellifluous talents.
I Can't Keep Loving You Like This is out now through Hotel Motel Records; see the label's Facebook page for more information.
