SYBLING is a billed as a “dark-folk” duo from New York City’s East Village, comprised of sisters Alice and Mariana Makwaia, and it only takes a few alluring seconds of new single “Lakehouse” to understand why. The smoky, enchanting track hits the streams today (October 12), and serves as the second offering to the project’s forthcoming EP, Strange Ways, set for an October 27 release.
Both the single and the EP set up a rather audible October for SYBLING, and “Lakehouse” should only serve to cast a wider hypnotic spell for the sisters with a classical music background, who deliver their vocals in captivating synchronicity and explore more experimental sides of the usually staid folk genre. A gentle haze of noir fills the track’s three minute runtime, and the storyline behind it enhances its mysticism.
“This song is about introspection, about shifting identities,” said Mari. “There’s a horror story buried somewhere in the song. But it’s vague. It’s not the focal point. At summer camp, Alice spent all of her time in a dark music room, where there was only one small window that looked onto this creepy cottage in the woods. It looked haunted. Dark. Like something awful must have happened there. Surely, it had been built with good intentions. Before it became this strange, dilapidated home.”
It sounds perfect for a crisp autumn day here in New England.
Dance around it below.
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