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Optimist
Pop · 2021 · 13 tracks · 43m

Optimist

FINNEAS

Surgical pop production meets raw, theatrical songwriting. A collection of dry, intimate ballads and glitchy indie-pop exploring modern isolation.

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It's like he's sitting right next to you on the piano bench telling you his secrets.

A meticulously polished exploration of existential anxiety and quiet hope.

Optimist · vs · FINNEAS
Whispered+4.0σ

The vocals lean far further into whispered than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 13 Tracks · 43m
01
A Concert Six Months From Now
3:25
02
The Kids Are All Dying
2:48
03
Happy Now?
2:53
04
Only a Lifetime
4:17
05
The 90s
3:23
06
Love Is Pain
3:44
07
Peaches Etude
2:16
08
Hurt Locker
3:26
09
Medieval
2:52
10
Someone Else’s Star
3:29
11
Around My Neck
2:56
12
What They’ll Say About Us
3:01
13
How It Ends
4:38
Moments Worth Waiting For
The sudden, jarring shift from acoustic strumming to distorted vocal processing in The 90s.
The delicate, classical precision of the solo piano instrumental Peaches Etude.
The way the percussion mimics a ticking clock during the existential climax of Only a Lifetime.
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