Wise John - “the End is gonna come”
USA-based Wise John has just released the dreamy indie folk ballad “the End is gonna come.”
“the End is gonna come” is built around a warm and gorgeously mellow fingerpicking pattern on acoustic guitar. The elegantly weaving tones are coated in a lo-fi vinyl crackle, enhancing the chilled vintage vibes. As the song progresses, these tones become brighter and cleaner.
This stripped-back song has instrumental layers thoughtfully applied on top, creating a sense of contrasting dreamy textures. Lap steel swells sweet, crying tones in all the right places, which imbues a feeling of nostalgia, warmth, and introspection. A hazy layer of what sounds like flute mellotron soothingly helps glue the track together. The song also has splashes of ambient textures and trippy sound-scaping that create an underlying psychedelic touch.
The sincere vocal performance of Wise John perfectly complements the track’s atmosphere. The intimate, warm tones have the sense of floating effortlessly over the chilled music. The campfire-like qualities to the music are starkly contrasted by the underlying lyrical meaning of “the End is gonna come,” which touches on the fear of death and the end of the world.
“the End is gonna come” is a track tinged with lush, contrasting tones. The soothing nature of the music makes me want to draw comparisons to Nick Drake, but it is the sweet vocal of Wise John that really sets this track alight, making it an indie folk song not to be missed.