We suggest you take a deep, long breath before you dive into the beautiful void of this next one. It’ll engulf you whole, and you’ll lose yourself in its gentle shuffle and drafty gust. Warm Human, the solo “sludge pop” project of Chicago producer, composer, and lyricist Meredith Johnston, serves up one of the most exquisite songs we’ve heard so far this year in Down. She bridges the space betwixt intimately confessional rock, dusky ambient pop, and sparse haunting dream pop on the song, utilizing fuzzy drones, ambient textures, and pressurized 808′s to accentuate a sense of desperation that oft accompanies being a living, breathing person. It’s a quietly gripping, emotively wringing sound that blends the atmospheric solemnity of acts like Daughter or Ex:Re with the cinematic scope of London Grammar and a sprinkling of Télépopmusik. Warm Human’s debut album Ghastly, which tells deeply personal stories through its melange of synths, vocal processing, and pop arrangements, is set to arrive on March 8th. Lucky for us, Warm Human will be making her way out to SXSW next month, where we hope we’ll get to see her.
