This has a subtle down tempo "Mouse On The Keys" vibe. If you're not familiar with them I'd recommend starting with their 2009 album An Anxious Object, some of your chord progressions feel like they came straight from that album. Worth a listen :)
I love the drums you've programmed by the way. Very sensitive snare programming. I really love how "live" the kit sounds. Great drum samples, well mixed. I got no complaints on the overall fidelity, this is a great mix down, perfect. I'd have sooner labeled this track under Jazz, Indy, or Blues than Synthwave but I honestly get a little miffed looking at the small selection of genres we got. We got chipstep but no shoegaze? What if someone wants to upload some do-wop and all they got is "other- miscellaneous" to pick from? I SAY WE RIOT IN THE STREETS, MY RESOLVE IS TRUE. I only have one pitch fork though, sorry. You'll need to sharpen your own pitch forks :0
Intro and outro was as pro as everything in between. I like it when artists respect the coda as much as the introduction. I'd have let that final tone fade out another two or five seconds, I could hear that steep automation volume drop SHAME ON YOU KETYRI /s
I have to admit that these melodies sounded very familiar, I wonder if I downloaded the original version? Couldn't find it anywhere but these melodies are incredibly romantic. A small part of me got mad that I couldn't find the original version because I swear this sounds so familiar. You owe it to yourself to listen to some mouse on the keys, I kept switching over to them while listening to this because I could have sworn I heard similar chord progressions and melodies in there but I'm pulling out my hair because it's the only band I'm aware of that even sounds remotely like this. I'm thinking I must have downloaded the original? Don't torture me like this, what happened to the original track? DID YOU CHANGE THE NAME? DELETED IT? HELP ME KETYRI WHAT'S GOING ON? WHY DO I FEEL LIKE I'VE HEARD THIS SONG BEFORE? Do I have to scour my favorites page by page while ctrl F'ing Ketyri just to scratch my itch? What happened to the first upload?
As soon as I know why this sounds familiar I can sleep peacefully. Assuage my paranoia. Help me sleep, Ketyri. Link me to the original so I can sleep at night Ketyri. I'm honestly not making an accusation, I might have listened to the original 500 times on a mixed cd. Chords might be popular with the kind of stuff I listen to. You need to do me a favor and listen to Mouse On The Keys Ketyri. Do it Ketyri. Go do it now D:
edit: I just listened to this on some new studio monitors and noticed those pads. If I recognized familiar chord progressions, I definitely didn't recognize that glassy pad. Those pads were very nice, drool :0-