
A neon-lit collection of nocturnal synth-pop. Shimmering analog textures and breathy vocals create a cinematic world of urban loneliness and faded romance.
November 2014 · Italians Do It Better
Cherry is the sound of a city seen through a rain-slicked windshield at three in the morning. It exists in the specific, liminal space between the end of a party and the start of a long, lonely walk home. The production is unmistakably the work of Johnny Jewel, utilizing vintage analog synthesizers that feel both warm and strangely distant, like a memory of a 1980s film that never actually existed. It is a record that prioritizes mood over momentum, moving at a slow, deliberate pace that allows every reverb-drenched snare hit to echo through the listener's headspace.
How does Cherry sound next to the rest of Chromatics's catalogue?
It runs a touch cooler and more held-back than this artist's baseline.
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