Oh Boy by Mildfire

– There’s an electricity to building a tower that’s at the edge of breaking down. We’re really pushing it here. The song is us constantly taming a beast.

Oh Boy is a four piece, slowly building storm. The sparse cello plucks and taped piano chords fades into a whirlwind of haunted Juno synths and gnarly, fuzz bass. Part 2 cascades ultra-compressed drums and choir, finally calmed by a Fred Again-like vocal sample – making a human (Mildfire’s Ofelia) sound robotic.

– Oh Boy is our job application for galactic film scores.

When the lyrics finally hit in the part 3 they talk having life on pause, isolating yourself in your bubble, not getting ahead in life because of fear and baggage.

The song is inspired by a friend who was inside their house for a whole year without going out. The choir on the song consists of our little brother and sisters singing with us in the same room.

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