There’s something pensive and also building about “Reach”. The tense and immense alternative pop tune from Edinburgh based outfit “Gefahrgeist”, “Reach” combines elements of acoustic and stripped down bluegrass with a more grandiose and opulent overarching soundscape that has you feeling trapped and immersed in the wonder of its scale. Discussing themes that are as deep and intense as the production itself, there’s no doubt that there’s a certain heaviness and thumping feeling which has you feeling considered and imprisoned within the confines of either your own societal situation or perhaps the physical impediments around or within you.
But more than that, it’s about our obsession with our own existential dread can be deeply unsettling to ourselves in our pursuit of a more wholesome and fulfilled life. There’s a darkness to the song, but also something stirring and rousing to it all.