It's always exciting to hear the first song from a new music project, especially when it sounds like it was fully developed from the start. With their first single, "Magnifier," Stomp Box Choir isn't afraid to show who they are. This project knows exactly its message and how to convey it.
Producer Howsie and songwriter Joe Stratton lead the Stomp Box Choir, and it is not based on a traditional structure but on curiosity and freedom. They have worked together before and know how to communicate creatively. "Magnifier" has a range of distinct sound identities, including deep, interesting bass lines, guitar arrangements that are both stable and adventurous, and rich synth textures that lend the song emotional weight.
Burcu Bahar Aydin's powerful singing is the central part of the song. It sets the mood and guides the song's emotional journey, and as the situation calls for it, her voice intricately weaves through the production, engaging, contesting, soothing, and elevating.
"Magnifier," recorded and produced in a home studio in Finsbury Park earlier this year, has the intimacy of a small project but also the wide sound that evokes late-night drives, restless thoughts, and the clarity that often comes after chaos.
This single does what it's supposed to do, it opens a door. It suggests a world of experimentation, emotion, and artistic freedom, a world that Stomp Box Choir seems eager to create from the ground up.