Now Playing: "Christian"
It hits you immediately; a bright, bouncing sequence of notes played with the frantic urgency of a silent film chase scene, yet anchored by a stride-style rhythm that feels surprisingly sturdy. It’s the musical equivalent of a golden retriever that has just realized you are holding a tennis ball; the enthusiasm is relentless, manic, and impossible to ignore. Doctor Noize hasn’t arrived at this party alone. He is joined by the Alphabet Rockers Kaitlin McGaw and Tommy Soulati Shepherd and the virtuosic Vivian Fang Liu. The track operates as a sort of sonic relay race. You have these individual verses where each artist leans into their own stylistic lane, distinct and separate. But then, the song pulls a magic trick. It pushes these disparate elements into a bridge of multicultural instrumentation and finally collapses them into a rocking, layered harmony.