Panda Rosa's newest album, Dest, is a glorious exploration of alternative rock. It dips its toes into indie folk and ambient electronica, experimenting with subdued vocals and layered distortion, but it has one irresistible highlight.
"Slide Beneath the City" truly evokes what you might imagine from the title. I sense myself slipping underneath layers of a civilization, past concrete, metal, and wire. Shoegazey waves pelt my ears as a far off piano teeters. Whimsical male vocals coast atop crunchy acoustic guitar until a full drum kit kicks in.
Throughout the track, chaos seems to come and ago. Suddenly, a brief folky aside. Then, heavy percussion converges into a kind of dream pop you only seem to get from groups like Atlas Sound and early Bon Iver. Each new phase seems to feed a different hunger.
We finally arrive at a calm ocean of reverb to sum up the last 4 minutes and leave us craving more. But the story has just started. I want another chapter.
Check out the full album here.
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