Ambergrove makes a dynamic first impression from the sunny hills of California to earbuds around the world with "Stills," the lead single from their forthcoming debut album "I Love You As A Bright Horizon" (available May 2, 2025). At once cinematic and achingly intimate, "Stills" is the kind of song you stumble into accidentally and never want to climb out of.
The group may be based in California, but Ambergrove is a distinctly worldly effort, and that cosmic worldview seeps beautifully into the veins of "Stills." A melting pot of influence that encompasses Dijon's emotional rawness, The 1975's dream-like sensibility, Bon Iver's fragile beauty, and Talking Heads' artistic curiosity. The production doesn't need to overdo it or show off; it just needs to feel. Texture. Space. And a chorus that doesn't whine that earns the limelight with its brute emotional force.
Arriving as a track that the group describes as a "feelgood heartbreaker," "Stills" treads the line between vulnerability and uplift with a deft touch. The verses waft in gently, the vocals a lathering of soft, sad longing, like sifting through old photographs you're not quite ready to let go of. Then there's the chorus, wide open and harmony-drenched, that enables you to take a hopeful gasp of air before going under again into the soft ache of memory.
If this single is anything to go by, "I Love You As A Bright Horizon" sounds like it's going to be a name on everyone's lips in 2019. "Stills" not only introduces us to a new artist, but it welcomes us into a world. One where heartache glistens, memories dance, and indie pop discovers new corners to explore.
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