Establishing the mood with a glistening, acoustic guitar soundscape, decede opens leave it all behind with instrumental mastery and textured percussion, as the piece expands with soft drums and situational, introspective prose.

We connect with the poetic prowess and the gender-curious, existential notions that manifest. The layered vocals are sublime and dreamy, whilst decede‘s vocal timbre and range are cinematic. The track would be perfect for a range of sync deals – perhaps a Hollywood coming-of-age movie, or a TV show like Euphoria on HBO.

The emotional breakdown for the finale is incredible, and decede reminds us of early Elliott Smith with his lyricism and production style. The piece fuses 90s alt-rock and post-Britpop influences, and as decede explains, the song reflects the paradox of seeking closure: “Even when you move on, take the truth with you.”

decede confesses, “All my songs come from a personal place and generally are emotion driven. For some reason my jollier songs have darker lyrics, and vice versa.” He also cites Radiohead, Ben Howard, The National, Jeff Buckley, and Daughter as sonic influences, which we can feel manifest, but there is no doubt that decede is creating unto his own design.

We are in awe of leave it all behind, and have added leave it all behind to our New Music Spotlight platylist, and our TIMELESS playlist, whilst we continue to stream the exquisite wider discography of decede, including stuck in the middle, when you say to me, and don’t you take it far too slow.

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