Scottish-raised singer-songwriter Alex Amor makes the kind of music that washes in like the tide, gauzy, slow-burning alt-pop built from clouds of keyboards, heavily treated guitars and multitracked vocals that blur together into something that sounds, on first listen, like one beautiful wash of sound. Sit with it a little longer and the layers start to reveal themselves. Itâs worth the patience.
New single âMeet On The Moonâ is all shimmering guitars, soft-focus synths and lulling melodies that drift between verse and chorus so fluidly you barely notice the join. If youâre reaching for comparisons, Cigarettes After Sexâs hazy atmospherics, and The MarĂas are in there too, that same sense of something nostalgic and slightly submerged.
At its core, the song is a tribute to a close friend Amor lost. She wrote it during a month back in Glasgow, producing herself for the first time.
The song, she says, is âabout a friend who completely embodied the mystical, magical woman archetype I sing about in the lyrics. A few months before I wrote it, she passed away. I found myself thinking about her magnetism - the magnitude of her spirit, the force of her nature - and how, in some strange way, Earth felt too small to contain herâ.
If youâre at Liverpool Sound City this week, Amor is performing there and definitely worth your time.
đ§ Watch the video for âMeet On The Moonâ below