Rainbow City Park presents “Fruitless,” an enchanting five-track EP that works into bitter-sweetness, the heaviness of memories, and the calmness of acceptance and moving on. Running 19 minutes and 32 seconds, the project is a deep dive into the raw emotion of yearning and loss packaged into ethereal soundscapes and intimate lyrics.
Standout tracks like “Chalk” and “Water Under The Bridge” anchor the heart of “Fruitless,” possessing a gentle but undeniable emotional weight. “Chalk” comes off as a slow-motion unraveling, with its wistful melodies and poetic lyricism flooding listeners with a dream-state trance. In the meantime, “Water Under The Bridge” is true to its name as it flows freely between reflection and resolution, providing the bittersweet closure that echoes well after the last note has faded.
Each song is a chapter in a broader narrative of unrealized promise and unsaid farewells, yet the EP never feels like a dirge. On the contrary, it celebrates the contradictions, hopes amid despair, and beauty amid brokenness, building a simultaneously intimate and relatable landscape.
With “Fruitless,” Rainbow City Park cements their position as a craftsman of emotional storytelling, demonstrating that even when resolution is nowhere to be found, meaning is not entirely lost.
