Oscar Farrell of London makes a brazen declaration with his new single, “Like You Are For Me.” The track, released via The 1975’s George Daniel’s dh2 label, is from his newly released EP, “I’ve Already Called.” And if this release is anything to go by, Farrell is finding his lane in the ever-shifting electronic landscape.
“Like You Are For Me” is a feeling. A brainy take on 2-step, the song’s production is between danceable and meditative. Farrell builds a vivid soundscape in which everything comes like headlights flashing through the car window on a wet night. The drums shuffle with purpose, but the vocals, layered, chopped, and emotionally bare, keep you hanging on every bar.
Farrell doesn’t repeat the point, and that’s the beauty of it. The lyrics come in fragments, like memories half-remembered. It’s a daring decision, reflecting the complexity of feeling and fragmented connection in the modern age. Every synth line and vocal sample sounds like it’s been pulled from a private journal and run through a dream.
Released as part of the creative family of The 1975’s George Daniel’s dh2 imprint, “Like You Are For Me” also bears the hallmark of a new era of storytellers, artists unafraid of marrying intimacy with innovation. Farrell’s fastidious attention to mood and texture implies a producer not merely following trends but charting his own.
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