Today, Meltt shares the vibrant dream pop stunner “Within You, Within Me,” the newest single from their forthcoming sophomore LP and follow-up to their gorgeous 2019 debut Swim Slowly. The Vancouver-based alterna-psych rock group wrote the new album while living in a remote cabin in the western Canadian woods, and it definitely shows; their soft, intimate synth melodies, arguably what the group was already known for, have somehow become more expansive, more atmospheric, more euphoric. “Within You, Within Me” opens gently with a piano beat that sounds like raindrops falling into the ocean, later detailed with majestic harp-like flourishes and heavy, echoed bass simulating the oscillating push and pull alluded to in the narrative: “Somehow I feel/ part of you/ is part of me.” It marks a new direction for the band, which they shared earlier today:
This song feels like a real exploration and growth for us in terms of embracing a new sonic palette and letting more light and color into our writing and recording process. Written during the peak of the pandemic, the song is all about unknowingly bringing yourselves out of dark times by learning how to love someone, how to connect with people, and in the process how to love yourself more…Hope that whoever you are, you blast this song with your friends or by yourself, in the city or in the great outdoors.