As they embark into a new musical era, Canadian alternative pop rock trio Selfish Bodies take us on a theatrical sound journey with their new single Hideous. With haunting melodies and clever structures, Selfish Bodies crafted Hideous to win your ears easily. Let’s dig deep into it together.
Selfish Bodies opened Hideous with mysterious vocals, and a filled-with-anticipation creeping melody that perfectly builds up to the bridge and chorus. Those soft vocals at the bridge take us smoothly and slowly as the music builds up to an amazing, catchy sing-along part that keeps on building emotionally and dynamically to punching energy that peaks right before the chorus. Hideous‘ dynamics take off at this point, its sound gets more open and free with sweet fluid piano melodies everywhere and hitting heavy bass. The vocal delivery’s progression is amazing, and the tone shifts and boiling energy in her voice are irresistible. Getting near the end, Selfish Bodies give Hideous the perfect ending with a raw, wild shredding guitar solo, taking the listener from that mysterious subtle intro smoothly to such an outro is not an easy job at all!
Selfish Bodies show fine music writing skills, an amazing sense of melody, and well-command of their sound and instruments. They created a magnificent structure with an organic fluid progression that streams through the listener’s ears right into his soul. I will definitely be looking forward to more from Selfish Bodies, cheers!
