At first listen, ‘Candy Smoking’ comes across as quite striking. Framed in raucous alt-rock energy and gritty electronica, it occupies a very peculiar space, one that’s been the home of Romattic for quite some time now. The production itself will appeal to all heavy rock listeners out there, especially given the thunderous drums and high-octane guitar riffs. Vocals are decidedly more melodic, although they are slightly filtered and saturated.
Originally a solo project, Romattic has now bloomed into a powerful duo, one guided by talented musicians and songwriters Theodor Andreas Halmrast and Tommy Duong. As we are told, their influences come from different decades, something that might explain the heightened eclectic ethos that is found beneath the project. ‘Candy Smoking’ is the perfect evidence of that, a sign that Halmrast and Duong are more inspired than ever.
Delving into the love song philosophy that propels the song, Romattic explains: “The song serves as a jab towards modernised romance, and how being in a relationship has become a standard expectation and a form of social status. The obsession that comes when you’re too scared to lose a relationship even when it is one-sided, just because of the feeling of missing out on something everyone is expected to have.”
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