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Nick Hakim - \\u201cVertigo\\u201d from the 2022 album COMETA on ATO / PIAS.

Nick Hakim has been making amorphous psych-soul since 2014 that hones in on his gorgeous buttery smooth croons. Just since 2020, he\\u2019s released three projects, 2020\\u2019s WIl This Make Me Good, a collaborative record with jazz saxophonist Roy Nathanson, Small Things, in 2021, and, most recently, the intimately stunning COMETA.

Featuring appearances by Alex G, Helado Negro, Arto Lindsay, and DJ Dahl, with co-production from indie\\u2019s go-to guy Andrew Sarlo, COMETA is a collection of romantic songs written through different lenses, guided by Hakim\\u2019s own experience of falling in love in a way that made him feel like he was floating. This is best seen on our Song of the Day, \\u201cVertigo,\\u201d in which Hakim is struck by the hypnotic feelings of falling in love. The tender track whirrs and sputters as Hakim coos, "Can\'t tell if it\'s me or the room that\'s moving."

\\u201cThe key is to find that extremity of love for yourself,\\u201d he says of the romantic themes on the record. \\u201cIt\\u2019s about growing into someone you want to be; it\\u2019s about finding pure love within yourself when the world around us seems to be crumbling.\\u201d

The song comes with a cinematic and perfectly-paired video by Asli Baykal shot at a real-life rotating house in Bosnia-Herzegovina built by Vojin Kusic for his wife, who desired a life where she could enjoy constantly-evolving views. Watch it and read the full post at KEXP.org.

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