Melbourne-based singer/songwriter Sunset Salore is an innate musical talent with a gift for crafting imaginative pop works. Across original songs streamed over 3,2k monthly, her masterful songwriting and distinguished vocals shine through. Her creative artistry is born from an innate inclination realized quite early. She has grown to be an adept storyteller, effortlessly fusing different genres due to her relentless dedication to innovation in her craft.
Sunset Salore explores personal growth and challenging relationship experiences in the new dark pop song “Call It”. She showcases her powerful vocals on top of a polished, modern production led by prominent bass lines and atmospheric synth textures.
The opening of the song is chill, with very subtle keys, finger snaps, and gorgeous vocals. There is more tension with slightly fuller textures and driving rhythmic motifs as the song continues.
The bassline steps up, and the tension cranks up for the release of the full-band chorus. When it comes, Salore’s vocals launch into an even bigger bass-driven delivery matched by swells from synth pads and driving drums. But the contrast between verses and choruses carries quite well the emotional curve of the vocals.
The verses are simple, vocal line–centered phrases centered on the tonic. The pre-chorus subtly shifts the harmony, and helps in building musical tension for the chorus’s proper resolution on the dominant; each return to the tonic at the end strongly relieves this build-up in a classic intensification of the effusive release through harmonic movement.
Electronic textures are carefully placed to underpin the narrative arc of the song at key junctures. Subtle pitch rises through chorus phrases to match Salore’s rising emotional delivery. Space is also used well, like brief syncopated drum fills, to keep up the energy without becoming overproduced or dense. The reined-in instrumental break is topped with an emotive melodic synth line that is sensitive to the lyrics.
Knowing this was my first Sunset Salore, I’m just very happy that “Call It” was the first thing I heard from her. It introduced me to her very profound and soulful style of songwriting and emotionally expressive vocals.
I like how this track reflects on difficult periods in life in a hopeful, no-nonsense way. She leaves me looking to hear more from Salore’s catalog about other universal themes and personal stories she uniquely translates. All in all, “Call It” proves herself worthy of an artist well worth following if anyone looks to music for poignant reflections on relationships and growth.
You need to check out “Call It” by streaming it online, wide acknowledgment is due to Sunset Salore for her skill in both musical and lyrical fusion for the conveyance of personal experience.