Hockitay - buttons (Future Gods) [Alt-Pop]

Hockitay's back with a new single, and back in the blog. If you don't know already, then get with the programme and check out TSMM's interview - inspired by his stellar "over/over" single, with this rising young talent.

Starting off with a distant synth twinkle, somewhat unassuming folky guitar and augmented by some bowed bass, it's not long before our boy's plaintive, somewhat world-weary vocal tones start to once again ask all the right questions about modern living. This time he's got AI, automation and late-stage capitalism in his sights with the killer line "The task of living is all consuming, don't you find that I’ve consumed enough?". Sadly the answer from our tech-enabled CEOs is, "of course not", so Hockitay ratchets up the energy, directing production partner Alex B, Zachary Lalonde on drums, Jonah Brender clutching a stand-up bass, and anyone who cares to follow, to escape to low-tempo, dirge-folk meets post-rock pastures and escape their grasping hands, and I for one am right behind him.

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Find Hockitay in the Slow Alt-Pop Playlist.