In light of “Throwback Thursday or #tbt” which involves posting something that has nostalgic value, we at RunTheMill wanted to turn this popular convention on its head. This weekly posting will share a song that is either ahead of its time or attempts to push us out of our comfort sound zone.
The Landing – “Anxieties”
The new song from the Brooklyn solo act The Landing is light and fluffy with tender vocal backing and bouncy bongos. You almost get the sense that some of the members took a page out of an acapella book. The arrangement is tightly formatted and filled with divergent harmonies (see 3:25). All in all, it’s shoegaze at its finest.
And a great throwback that has similarities throughout: