LITM Pop brings tunes featuring Joshua Pearlstein, Spectra, Neon Heat, Amara Fe and Jared Hallock.
1. Joshua Pearlstein – Just The Feeling
Joshua Pearlstein's "Just The Feeling" is not just a song; it's a 2 AM fever dream dipped in glitter, grime, and temptation. Imagining yourself walking into a neon bar at 2 AM, pulse racing, with the knowledge that this night can kill you or make you live, and that this song is the soundtrack, is to know why it succeeds. Joshua blends Y2K nostalgia with sleek modern production, creating a hypnotic rhythm that makes your pulse sync to the beat. His sensual falsetto isn’t just singing; it’s teasing, whispering secrets in your ear while the bass shakes the floor beneath you. The lyrics? Addictive, and they cut deep into the psyche of toxic love and emotional dependency. And then there are these vocal textures, breathy humming, raw shrieking, and alive-sounding harmonies, as if the song itself is breathing lust. This song isn't background music, it commands the room. Pearlstein bottled up chaos, hunger, and midnight desire into a three-minute masterpiece.
2. Spectra – Calling You
Spectra's "Calling You" is like a ghostly diary entry wrapped in vintage velvet and cinematic ambience. From the first notes, you’re transported to an old-world ballroom where chandeliers sway to the sound of blurred piano lines and orchestral strings, while a crackling rotary phone echoes like a ghost from the past. There’s an intimacy here that feels almost intrusive, as though you’ve stumbled upon someone’s heartbreak preserved in amber. Documented as a tribute to teenage regret and unearthed years later, the lyrics bite with the accuracy of hindsight but are infused with a soft fragility. Where "Calling You" is unique is that it is double, gothic in setting but very human in spirit. Spectra doesn't simply offer up a tune; she recreates an entire atmosphere, casting heartbreak into shades of gold and burgundy. It's the kind of record that lingers in the air well after it ends, settling you into serene contemplation in the faded light of your own memories.
3. DJ Momotaro – Neon Heat (Radio Edit)
And with "Neon Heat," DJ Momotaro proves that nostalgia and futurism can double each other on the same scorching, strobe-lit dance floor. This is a retro-futuristic paradise, a flourish of synths, pulsing rhythms, and searing lyrics that are Miami Vice and cyberpunk romance in equal measures. This isn't a song, it's an affair conducted under strobing neon signs and the hum of late-night highways. Vessa's voice is smooth as silk over the throbbing beat that surges with raw 80s energy, but the music is new, crisp, and cinema-like. Every note is drenched in that stinging nostalgia for something that you never had but want you did. It's aggressive, it's sensual, and a bit risky, the kind of song that makes you want to buy a leather jacket, speed down an neon city street, and recast your love story in the light of the neon streets.
4. Amara Fe – Trust Me Again
Amara Fe's "Trust Me Again" is satin-wrapped heartache, a track that nearly whispers sorry and pleads for forgiveness, not out of desperation, but with soul-shattering vulnerability. You can feel the weight of regret from the very first note, every silence packed with unspoken words. Production is minimalist and lean, leaving Amara's bell-like voice space to breathe and shatter in just the right moments. There's heritage at work here, a nod to her grandmother's legacy with Minnie Riperton, but don't be deceived: Amara's voice is her own. She wedges that old-school soul sensibility with something extremely modern, creating a song that feels both timeless and now. The chorus doesn't just ask for forgiveness, it aches for it, pulling you into the uncertain hope of making up. If you've ever replayed an offence in your mind a hundred times, wondering if love can withstand the storm, this song will hit like a gentle fist to the chest.
5. Jared Hallock – My Destiny
Jared Hallock's "My Destiny" is not your typical EDM track; it's a hallucination of fevered dream with rhythm, a whispered voice wrapped in silk, and exactly the right degree of craziness. Forget the obligatory drops and such hackneyed hooks; Hallock sweeps you away into a sonic funhouse where basslines writhe and twist, whistles reverberate off walls, and hushed vocals whisper like a covert lover. There's something wickedly happy about its restraint, how it teases with chaos but delivers seduction instead. Taken from The Ying Yang Twins and Snoop Dogg but dressed in cinematic garnish, the track is ASMR for ravers, a sinister whisper of temptation. Hallock's experimental nature gets to have its way, creating something that's both sensual and ridiculous, a Dadaist take on the dancefloor. It's not a song; it's an experience, a swirling vortex that leaves you wondering if you just listened to music or stumbled into someone's late-night delirium. One thing is certain: fate has never sounded so brazen.
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