THESE BRITTLE BONES Release A New Song 'Healing'

“Healing,” by the ridiculously multi-talented music artist Chris Jones who goes by the stage name ''These Brittle Bones'', is one of the best songs  ROUGH ONLINE has heard this year so far. With his British-phrasing voice, reminiscent of vocalist Dan Smith from the band Bastille, and a beautifully unique music production, These Brittle Bones has brought to us a new piece of work which is bound to receive instant attention from critics and indie music lovers that want to hear an artist with originality and something a little different to what other Alternative Pop singers out there right now have to offer, because he has quite simply created one of the most musically emotive moments since last year’s “Apocalypse” by Cigarettes After Sex.

“Healing” begins with a simple chord structure performed on the piano, with These Brittle Bones’ voice containing a slight delay as if he were singing to us from a tiny hall, with a background vocal section that drops in half way through Verse 1, loaded with enough “echo” effect to prepare us for the bright, instrumental chorus, which includes a “heartbeat”-style kick drum similar to the programming from Bjork’s 1998 song “Hunter,” a throwback, pizzicato-style synth reminiscent of the euphoric, Ibiza sounds from the 2002 Three N’ One Remix of Energy 52’s club hit “Café Del Mar,” and whispery, ghost-like backing vocals with just the right amount of reverb to give it the haunting vibe the song needed to gain its’ 10 star rating. Overall, it is a well put together piece of music by the talented artist himself, whose production skills are 100% dedicated to gaining the listeners’ full attention. An example of this craftsmanship can be heard in the outro section, where his choice of sounds cleverly complement each other despite their huge differences, because on the one hand we hear a sample of the singer’s vocal part, chopped up and messed about with to create a whole new melody, a production method similarly used in the chorus section of Rita Ora’s hit single last year “Anywhere,” over a fuzzy, bass line synth that throws us back to the random 1999 hit single “Flat Beat,” by French electronic musician Mr Oizo, and guess what…the strange combination masterfully works.

Surprisingly, despite the slightly experimental music production, Healing’s official video somewhat contradicts the song’s strong, yet fascinating complexities, and instead symbolises the singer’s raw and appealing vocal performance, with his timid, nervous sound behind his heartfelt lyrics, by keeping the visual very simple, yet captivating, via the beautiful cinematography by Rakhal Haijtel and Ruurd Vulink who perfectly capture the night lights of Singapore with the use of stunning camera angles, ranging from long shots of the city to close ups of a group of cyclists taking a tour of the city’s derelict areas. The finale consists of the cyclists’ leader eventually ending up at a nightclub, where he watches a dancer, freestyle in a robotic, contemporary way to the song’s twisted outro. Without a doubt, Haijtel and Vulink deserve the upmost praise and recognition for their stunning work on the official music video, and although These Brittle Bones had released the “Effects” E.P prior to this enchanting piece of work, “Healing” is by far the best thing he has written to date, and we are hoping for a brand new E.P or a full-length album to be announced very soon, because ROUGH ONLINE are quite simply very excited by this awesome music artist, and are already aching to see more accompanying visuals.