If there has been an upward trajectory between Sirenglas’s first single, “Dance With Me (In Oblivion)”, and “Glass Between Us,” which followed, this third release shows no sign of losing that collective momentum. With the new single, “Forest Mother,” that bubbling and bursting, liquid, and lavish energy is not only maintained but puts its foot even harder down on the pedal and accelerates through this darkwave and digital part of the musical map.
Formed at a collision point where driving dance meets more gothic vibes, where vibrant synth-pop takes a turn into more seductive, underground sonics, this is a brilliant blend of dark and light, shadow and moonlight —the primal beauty of music swathed in futuristic sonic sheens.
And, in a song where so many opposites attract, this purely digital, man-made sound ironically speaks of the natural world, again, a juxtaposition of the timeless with the cutting edge, the unchanging with the forward-thinking. The titular “Forest Mother” represents the ancient forces of the natural world, a place where primeval forests seem to have a life force of their own, places are where stone and wood, wind, and water have carved out ancient and alien landscapes.
Music may change, technology moves on, and creative doors continue to open. But humanity has always worshiped such wild places, revered them as the font of life, guarded and guided by unknown forces, guardian spirits, forest mothers, Gaia — the same archaic forces with myriad names and faces—places where time stands still, where the past is still with us, at least for those brave enough to venture there.
And if that doesn’t require such a glorious dancefloor anthem, a soundtrack to bring the past and the present, the tangible and the sonic, the real and the imagined together, a digital ritual to exorcise elemental forces, I don’t know what does.
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