Big Cat Season’s sound is sensitive, yet massive, dreamy, yet grounded. All over their latest album (Summer) you can hear the shimmers of a superb indie pop duo, and in the single ‘I’m in the Wrong’ we can pinpoint the parts that make this duo’s music so well-balanced.
Big Cat Season in the coupling of songwriting forces of Melissa Dudek and Thomas Durkin, hailing from Westford, Massachusetts, and willing to be the soundtracks to our midlife ennui. ‘I’m in the Wrong’ is an outstanding offering from the duo. A fantastic blend of electronic and acoustic elements coalescing in one superbly written and sublimely detailed piece of multi-faceted, non-linear pop. Too many hyphens? Worth every single one.
Starting with a gentle beat and a lilting electric guitar arpeggio that is soon coupled with a complimenting, creamy synth arpeggio, Big Cat Season are making a point starting subtly. The synth bass and the haunting melodies soon follow, giving the song a distinct sense of undeniable nostalgia. Expected for a duo that draws influences from some of the 90s most illustrious indie names like Veruca Salt and LCD Soundsystems. The song soon takes a left, melancholy turn that injects the arrangement with a darkness that displays the duo’s emotional range.
The star of the show has to be the fantastic production, giving us a superbly full-sounding mix and a healthy fusion of the guitars and airy vocals with the booming synth bass and creamy leads. Runner up, in a very close second position, is the dreamy and heartfelt songwriting and the inventive, immersive arrangement. ‘I’m in the Wrong’ is just a great song to listen to.
