Cat Cork is an Australian singer and songwriter based in Woy Woy. Usually a writer of folk music, Cat Cork ventures out of this zone on ‘Disappear’, his latest single and part of his latest album Silver & Gold. The way that Cork goes down leans more heavily on a more experimental and electronic element, while retaining his music’s comforting, folk and pop-driven sound.

Basically, revolving his song around a synth sound he stumbled upon, Cork built the first 2 thirds of the song on a mix of this aggressive synth playing the song’s chords on top of heavy-handed, compressed beats, and beneath a simplistic guitar line and Cork’s own, melodic vocals. The song then explodes with an overdriven guitar-based crescendo on its last leg, driving home the song’s heartwarming message and Cat Cork’s affinity for heavier guitar tones and neatly written melodic conclusions.

‘Disappear’ is a song that ends far away from where it starts, yet it never seems outlandish or off-putting. Instead, we have on our hands a wholesome pop song with memorable melodies, gentle words and vocals, and a rocking climax that might not be as polarizing as it first seems.