The Looniest Toon - "Can't Wake Up"
Today, Look At My Records! is excited to premiere “Can’t Wake Up,” the first release of 2022 from The Looniest Toon. Through the project, Chicago-based songwriter Bex Gaspelin has excelled at world-building through her music by exploring a vast swath of immersive, synth-driven sounds. Songs like “La Raison” and “Lost Again” from her debut EP, Blue Dream, are so easy to get lost in, as her songs thrive off of a delicate combination of trance-inducing vocals and rippling instrumental textures.
As its title suggests, “Can’t Wake Up” has a languid and somewhat otherworldly feel to it, centering primarily on the gorgeous intersection of subtle, but expansive keys and Gaspelin’s placid voice. Against a deliberate forward-moving beat, the track’s gauzy-sounding synthesizers create a fog of sound that’s pleasantly woozy. They also twinkle and sparkle at times, as Gaspelin introduces more elements into the mix as the song progresses, including some MIDI-like effects, for a sonic swell, before shedding these layers for a well-timed fade out.
“Can’t Wake Up” hits all streaming platforms this Friday, April 29th. Pre-save it now! You can also keep up with The Looniest Toon by following them on Instagram.
Photo by Tracy Conoboy.
