Medicine- Sweetapple produced by Slatterhouse

I’ve been in a dream.

This is listen number 7, I believe.

I love doing these reviews. Mainly because I’m beginning to see resonating themes amongst multiple tracks. As I’m banging this track using my ball-head dry herb vaporizer to help ease my own mind, I can’t help but try to catch every vibe along the way- every word and every note as it echos in my headphones.

The intro starts off with an amazing instrument. Almost like a beautiful cricket playing at double speed in the midst of the most foggy of nights. Since Slatterhouse was technically the winner of this blog giveaway (just a fancy excuse for me getting to spend 45 minutes+ straight diving into y’all’s tracks), I want to speak about the production to start.

Aside from the alluring first 8 seconds, an ethereal like choir is introduced along with what may be some sort of organ along with the instrument that is Sweetapples inflective voice. There are other instruments painting the background, but what I’m really digging is the drums. The transitions with Sweetapple’s voice in spots, and that soul snatching snare are things I live for. The dropping out of instruments to provide space in the second verse is very well done as well, and idk who did the vocal production, but I loved that part as well. I’ll touch on that more later…

I need help again.

Now to the vocals.

Man, this is catchy. I think one of the other threaders commented it and I fully agree. I won’t be forgetting this one any time today. But what’s amazing is the poetic prowess shown in the verses. The pictures painted that are so much more complex than the hook are amazing. Where the hook is a simplistic approach, the first verse is a display on utilizing the bars to paint your own story. The second verse is a testament to creativity. Bringing in the second 16 with a whisper, then building it with layered timbres was a great touch. It helps the listener transition back into the hook with texture and those same prolific bars as before. Overall, this was a very well written and very well produced track. Hopefully you two continue to make bangers together, the world needs it.

I have this theory. That most people who are high level creatives have some sort of mental disparity. And, I mean, 100 years ago they’d have literally put me in a mental asylum. If I’d had made it past guzzling moonshine. Hearing songs like this that not only recognize this concept, but continue to be absolute bangers, furthers this theory.

Thanks for the medicine today.

-3NAM3S

Listen:

https://open.spotify.com/track/5FP9ND9GNBHJerGcZHqRoT?si=X-lvBMG3QyCfWFSNueR9Lw