Music Review: StarChild - Come to the Sun

StarChild feeds off on sanguine energy, turning the minutiae of daily life into bold inspirations. The Los Angeles based singer-songwriter understands that less is always more. He dramatizes the banal trappings of daily life with his fortifying melodies, making a case for ecstatic pop as a balm for it all.

His new single “Come to the Sun” is richly embroidered; warm piano sounds, plucked guitars, and sparkling arpeggios are threaded through the song like jewels adorning an imperial robe. But these lush soundscapes aren’t excessively opulent, the colossal scope of its arrangements is tempered by an intimate subject matter.

StarChild relishes on topics as giant as his melodies, the range of the instrumentation is countered by his observations of past life and looking forward towards a brighter future, making his music both poignant and tangible.

“Come to the Sun” feels universal and StarChild best achieves the balance between vast sounds and common heartaches with an oozing slow jam, his voice simultaneously robust and fragile. The song is a testament to the artist’s diversity and overall disregard for the confines of a genre. StarChild glides effortlessly between dream pop and indie pop, interlacing acoustic samples and vocal flourishes without gilding the lily.

Despite its minimal nature, the record feels like it was forged by a community of collaborators, each contribution representative of a much larger whole. But it could just be that the staggering reach of StarChild’s music summons multitudes and it’s fair to say that his eclectic new sound forfeits the pleasures of daily life for the promise of a blissful new life chapter.