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As the World Caves In
Singer-Songwriter · 2018

As the World Caves In

Matt Maltese

A lush, cinematic piano ballad that pairs velvet baritone crooning with a satirical vision of romance during a nuclear apocalypse. Bittersweet, grand, and cynical.

March 6, 2018 · Café Bleu Recordings

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As the World Caves In sounds like the house band at the end of the universe, playing a final, sweeping waltz while the sky turns a bruised shade of purple. It is a song of immense sonic beauty that houses a dark, satirical heart, blending the grandiosity of 1970s chamber pop with a distinctly modern sense of existential dread. Matt Maltese delivers a performance that is both intimate and theatrical, using his rich baritone to ground the soaring orchestral arrangements in a feeling of weary resignation.

Moments Worth Listening For
the transition from the intimate piano opening to the sudden widescreen orchestral swell as the chorus hits
the specific way his baritone dips into a lower more resonant register on the line it is you that i adore
the final lingering piano chord that decays into a silence that feels heavy with the song's apocalyptic weight
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How does As the World Caves In sound next to the rest of Matt Maltese's catalogue?

Midnight+4.0σ

Midnight saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

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