Making another big splash, Cold Camp is back with their first single off the upcoming album, "Winter Dreamz". "Avalanche," produced and remixed by The Dirty Sample, is a statement of intent in motion, perhaps even more momentum forward than the title would imply.
As soon as the track begins, The Dirty Sample's chime-laced production exudes a thrilling force. It's calm, almost meditative, the quiet before a storm. But that calm fractures fast. On the beat drop, everything reconfigures into something heavier and more commanding, pressing ahead with an ice-cold certainty. Chaka Boy and Bully Bravo occupy that pocket with absolute certainty, and the result is an imperturbable voice cutting loose from the building pressure of these restrained-yet-forceful performances. The cadence reflects the song's recurring ideas, progress, momentum, and the brute strength of a force that can't be contained.
The Dirty Sample's remix takes the entire atmosphere and flips it upside down. And out go the twinkling chimes, as in comes a stomping beat, which pulls this tune down darker. It's an astute juxtaposition, spotlighting the crew's dexterity and proving that The Dirty Sample never loses sight of mood, even when he reinvents wavelengths.
"Avalanche" is undoubtedly more than just a lead single, it's also a harbinger of the next chapter in Cold Camp's story. It's a glimpse of a crew stepping into its sound with clarity and conviction, cutting space with expertise when augmenting themselves in ways that suggest nothing but the depth and ambition of the album to follow. If "Winter Dreamz" hews to the path being laid down here, Cold Camp is about to make an impact of seasonally significant strength. "Avalanche" is the first rumbling beneath your feet.