Myth Rafter from Forgotten Keys by Softstroke

The album's wandering spirit ascends in this track, its climb across cracked rafters translating into a precarious journey of sound. A pervasive, unresolved tension hangs in the air, woven from steady brushed pizzicato and the stark scrape of plucked wires. The piece crafts a striking juxtaposition, where fragile wine-glass rings meet the deep hum of sub-bass drones, mimicking the uneasy awe of forgotten spaces. Here, oral tradition and decay are explored through a through-composed structure, where storylines are allowed to drift, unrestrained by typical repetition. The lyrical fragments, spoken and sung, meticulously paint a picture with words, outlining the spirit's precarious journey across mythic rafters, clinging to whispered legends. It marks a subtle growth in the band's sonic language, navigating territory where the boundary between spoken narrative and abstract texture blurs, pushing what a forgotten instrument can say about ancient lore.

We found our sound hiding in empty buildings where pianos gather dust. These forgotten places whisper stories through cracked windows and weathered keys, and we translate those whispers into music that moves between silence and breath.