Today, Choir Boy dropped dream pop jam “Sweet Candy.” This atmospheric song from their upcoming album Gathering Swans is textured with rich singing and ethereal ambience. “Sweet Candy” is super romantic, with luxurious vocals and heavenly instrumentals.
“‘Sweet Candy’ expresses the sugar cravings and lovesickness of someone who denies themselves the excitement and bliss of romantic fulfillment” says Choir Boy frontman Adam Klopp. “They’ve had a taste, but have opted for a sugar free diet.”
Klopp goes on to explain, “On the first day working on it in the studio, Michael [Paulsen] and I took some acid hoping it would soften our biases. Mid way through the day I began imagining the song as a neighborhood in a 1950’s musical. When the instrumentation sounded natural to me, it felt like the characters were going about their business on a calm Saturday morning, chiming in to the neighborhood gossip when they saw fit. ‘Oh it’s true, I heard that too.’ Chaz [Costello] and Jeff [Kleinman] would play around with the beat and instrumentation and every 10 minutes Michael and I would return from space with a twinkly piano or a character from our play. At some point, our friend Bly (who recorded and produced the record) began producing a meal of tomato sauce and garlic bread. The sauce was fragrant and seemed to take forever to cook. In the middle of someones take, the toaster oven bell dinged a great ding. “Someone’s cooking something good!” I thought. So we incorporated the bell sound in the drums. The day continued like that with many ideas tipping toeing the line between rotten and wrong. Finally, after an exhausting day of stimulating playtime, we drank some fancy bottled water and went home.”
“Sweet Candy” is an ethereal release, with shoegaze sounds and hints of neo-psychedelia. Gathering Swans is set to drop May 8th through Dais Records.
Preorder Gathering Swans here
