“MAGIC BUTTON” BY COLLAPSING SCENERY IS A SENSORY DREAM

Have you ever been overstimulated—but, like, in a good way? That’s what it feels like listening to Collapsing Scenery. They blend a significant number of different genres, but nothing feels out of place. Their new single, “Magic Button,” is aptly named, as it makes one imagine they floated into the world of their favorite childhood fantasy novel…perhaps with some assistance…but to the point, regardless.

While unique, it does remind me of Sky Ferreira’s old music. Her pop album was so good because it integrated a lot of this movement in ways that pop music often doesn’t. Her aesthetic ear took no prisoners, forcing audiences to confront their emotions instead of running from them. Collapsing Scenery does something similar, but with more avant-garde realness guiding the track. “Magic Button” gives what I always imagined the best underground clubs of the 80s would give.

The track pulses through each of your ears for a few minutes. Allow it to take you wherever it wants to; you aren’t a prisoner to it, but rather a hitchhiker, picking up a ride at a curb in a particularly darkened part of town.

But, lucky for you, “Magic Button” will take you on one of the best rides of your life.

Groovy stuff.