The Winter Sloths are not merely releasing music but sending soundscapes into orbit. With their new single "Space and Time," the Minnesota-based alt-rock outfit exchanges the terrestrial for the transcendent, giving us a track that feels less like a song and more like an out-of-body experience.
This is The Winter Sloths at their most adventurous, combining celestial melodies with a graphics sweep that transports you to a multicolor sound world where gravity feels less relevant. The song flits between dreamy and daring, and just when you feel like you've mapped its orbit, in comes a thunderous gong drop that's as surprising as it is brilliant. It's not a gadget. It's a gravitational center that binds the song's weightless energy to the earth with the force of thunderous, borderline-spectral punctuation. It's a bold move, it's a weird move, and it pays off so much.
Todd Biederman's vocals are our guiding light through this starfield. Layers stacked atop one another are ghostly and haunting, cascading around the groove-heavy bass and unfathomable synths like a nebula in motion. There's a smallness in his delivery that ingrains the track, even against the production. You can feel the band flying blind, testing the limits, sculpting sound to be listened to and experienced.
With "Space and Time," The Winter Sloths have taken a leap of faith into their galaxy, creating a single that's not just a sound but a statement. They're here to browse and grow, and we're fortunate hitchhikers on the journey. Put on those headphones, close your eyes, and float. "Space and Time" is more than a song. It's a trip.