We featured ‘Annihilation Signals’ earlier this year, praising the album as “fully encapsulating Switzer-Woolf’s introspective and intense vocals, never shying away from some heart-shaking poignancy”. We stand by our words: the record managed to pack emotional folk intimacy into a contemporary package, mirroring legendary bands like The Postal Service and The Notwist. Six months on, the Reading-based troubadour returns with his latest offering, a stunning single picking up exactly where he left off.
‘Ototoxin’ marks Lee Switzer-Woolf’s return to the music scene, showcasing his signature brand of evocative guitars and edgy electronic elements, a sort of ‘augmented folk’, as we’d define it. Perhaps more focus on guitars than some of its early predecessors, ‘Ototoxin’ takes a more friendly and poppy approach, at least songwriting-wise, reminding us of Death Cub for Cutie (‘Transatlanticism’ comes to mind here); we are in indie-folk territories.
Speaking about the song, the British creative explains: “Ototoxin is a ‘love letter to pain medication’, written when I was suffering with back problems, and was home-recorded in the same sessions as my album, but despite being a favourite it was left aside because thematically and sonically it didn’t fit with the rest.”
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