song: "Month" — Dehd

This year, summer lacks it familiar magic.

A season once celebrated for its escapism and possibility has become unfamiliar, a world set against the backdrop of a pandemic. Enter the magic of “Month” from Dehd. Appearing on the band’s new record, Flower of Devotion, the track exudes a welcome presence, its gradual growth and development lending itself as a reward for your willingness to bask in all that this song has to offer.

Beginning with a reflection on the passage of time — “it comes/and it goes” — the track, and it’s breezy instrumentals lend themselves easily to a celebration of “that summer feeling,” Following a repetitious pattern of guitars that ebb and flow softly into one another, “Month” rolls out like a soft wave, nearly engulfing you with a surprising uptick in volume before fading out once more.

Our current summer is far from the norm, but for a much too short three minutes, “Month” enlivens those feelings and emotions so often associated with the season once more.

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