“Riptide” sees the alchemy between Louis Fenton’s raw, intimate vocal and the versatile soundscapes that breathe and live along his side. Drawing from a personal place, the song reveals the draining, consuming feelings when dealing with anxiety and depression.

Louis Fenton gives it all on his debut release. As an artist, he doesn’t hold back in his vocal performance or in his unmistaken lyricism. He peels the skins off of those feelings and gets underneath them, then he brings it all into his music. The storming honesty in “Riptide” is what makes it really special.

Producer Raffer sees the potential in the 20-year-old artist, and he seems to exactly how to strengthen and enrich his unique storytelling. In those glistening, melancholy, yet ethereal atmospheres, Fenton’s voice has different shades of light, bathing in a pop-noir cinematic feel with a rock aesthetic coiled into the texture.

There are so many wonderful details in “Riptide” that feels like a treat to the ears. The reverberant drum beats, located mid-song, become almost translucent in the background, while Fenton’s vocal blurs into beautiful chaos. Then the lingering piano at the end of the song shares an imaginative way to create what the ears desire.