Stephan Folkes Synthesised Alt Rock & Avant Garde RnB in His Sonic Séance, ‘Somebody out there?’

Stephan Folkes has never been one to play it safe, but with his spectrally cinematic latest installation of unbridled, unflinching and unapologetically daring alchemy, ‘Somebody out there?’, he orchestrated the Thriller of his discography so far. With the heavy, caustic and unsettlingly ensnaring guitar riffs tearing through the carnivalesque indie pop-rock soundscape, it’s impossible not to get sucked into the mind-melting intensity of the track that Folkes uses as a sinister playground with his falsetto vocal lines breaching the limits of what you’d expect RnB-adjacent pop vox to be capable of. Based on the true story of a group of British teens whose flirtation with the supernatural during an abandoned-building Ouija session left more than existential questions hanging in the air, Somebody out there? cuts deeper than speculative horror. With its fusion of alt-indie rock, R&B and soul, Folkes turns curiosity into chaos, and cinematic intimacy into disquieting confession. Growing up with special needs and surviving hospitalisation at just five years old, Folkes funnels his lived experience and unwavering commitment to individuality into tracks that resonate far beyond the surface. His genre-fluid creativity, already carving him a singular path through the industry, finds sharpest form in this release, where haunting narratives […] The post Stephan Folkes Synthesised Alt Rock & Avant Garde RnB in His Sonic Séance, ‘Somebody out there?’ appeared first on A&R Factory.

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Stephan Folkes has never been one to play it safe, but with his spectrally cinematic latest installation of unbridled, unflinching and unapologetically daring alchemy, ‘Somebody out there?’, he orchestrated the Thriller of his discography so far. With the heavy, caustic and unsettlingly ensnaring guitar riffs tearing through the carnivalesque indie pop-rock soundscape, it’s impossible not to get sucked into the mind-melting intensity of the track that Folkes uses as a sinister playground with his falsetto vocal lines breaching the limits of what you’d expect RnB-adjacent pop vox to be capable of. Based on the true story of a group of British teens whose flirtation with the supernatural during an abandoned-building Ouija session left more than existential questions hanging in the air, Somebody out there? cuts deeper than speculative horror. With its fusion of alt-indie rock, R&B and soul, Folkes turns curiosity into chaos, and cinematic intimacy into disquieting confession. Growing up with special needs and surviving hospitalisation at just five years old, Folkes funnels his lived experience and unwavering commitment to individuality into tracks that resonate far beyond the surface. His genre-fluid creativity, already carving him a singular path through the industry, finds sharpest form in this release, where haunting narratives […]

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