Haunting vocal harmonies and a dreamily atmospheric immersion consume on “Disposable People,” a newly released single from Thomas Prothero. Exploring the transient nature of relationships, the track stirs in its overall introspective and dynamic tonal push — interweaving both strings and spacey synths across its affecting palette. “It’s about the way people drift into our lives, help us grow, and drift out again — and the cold realisation that sometimes, to others, we’re just as replaceable,” Prothero says of the release.
A meditative soundscape establishes quickly, as twinkling piano and nocturnal textural stirrings drive into the heady vocal accounts on the coming-and-going of relationships. “People come for seasons, long enough to help you grow,” he sings, initially lamenting on the fleeting nature of connection — though also treasuring how “there’s no two souls alike” into more weary sentiments of how “people are disposable too” and “you give such a good impression of a real human being.” It’s a reflective, poignant exploration of how relationships shape us, even when they’re temporary — dazzling across its array of instrumentation, from quaint piano to buzzy synth swells, alongside the ghostly vocal layers.
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This and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Emerging Singles’ Spotify playlist.
