Rod Sigautt - Castle of Sand (2020) EN

Rodrigo Sigautt is a young artist from Rio, completely unknown (20 likes on FB) but wonderfully talented and his debut album Castle of Sand drew my attention with its lovely, DYI dream pop.

From the very beginning you can hear that the album was created with a PC and probably in a bedroom. But it doesn't matter when you find it so great to listen to. On one hand, elegant melodies and unconstrained vocals, on the other, drowned in reverbs atmospheric backgrounds. Sometimes there's some play on clear beats that sounds somewhat like dream r'n'b, sometimes some of the orchestral grandeur (like in The Blue), also a lot of keys keeping up the pace and adding to the atmosphere (as in the fantastic, instrumental Dancing as Flying Leaves Surround You).

I like the Brazilian's voice - perfectly balancing the pop's catchiness and dream pop's melancholy, especially in the ultra sad It's Silent on the Outside. It's always great to find an unknown gem like this, I hope the artist will achieve something in his career as there's a lot of potential.

Castle of Sand costs whatever you want to pay.

Check: The Blue

Country: Brazil

Genre: lo-fi dream pop

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